#ethiopianregiment #blackloyalists #yougonlearntoday This British colonial military unit came about during the American Revolution. John Murray, Lord Dunmore, Royal Governor of Virginia had came up Dunmore's Proclamation in 1775 that offered freedom to slaves that abandoned their Patriot masters to joint the British. New England Patriots anyone. He didn't do this because he was some humanitarian let's not get it twisted. This was done to cause upheaval among the Patriots. The black men that took him up on his offer joined this unit, which has ZERO to do with the modern country Ethiopia. On their sashes the words Liberty to Slaves was written across it. These men were white men's worse fears. Trained black men with guns. Now I mentioned Onesimus earlier. His gift of inoculation hadn't spread yet so a lot of men in this unit died of smallpox. https://www.instagram.com/p/BnPqDw4g7R3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hii58pw02a47