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Jean Baptiste Antoine de Verger (1762-1851)
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English: American and French soldiers at the siege of Yorktown, by Jean-Baptiste-Antoine DeVerger, watercolor, 1781. The watercolor depicts the variety of soldiers fighting for American independence, depicting, from left to right, a Black soldier from the First Rhode Island Regiment, a New England militiaman, a Western Frontier rifleman, and a French officer. An estimated 5,000 African American soldiers participated in the Revolutionary War.
Français : Soldats américains et français lors du siège du Yorktown, par Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Verger. L'aquarelle montre la variété des soldats combattant pour l'indépendance américaine, représentant de gauche à droite, un soldat noir du Régiment de First Rhode Island, un milicien de Nouvelle-Angleterre, un fusilier de la Frontière de l'Ouest, et un officier français. On estime à 5 000 le nombre de soldats africain-américains qui participèrent à la Guerre d'indépendance.
Date 1781
date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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