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The Bucks of America was a Patriot Massachusetts Militia company, during the American Revolutionary War, that was composed of African-American soldiers. Few records survive about the unit; most of its history is constructed from eyewitness accounts. No official military records pertaining to the Bucks of America exist or have survived.

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  • Bucks of America (en)
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  • The Bucks of America was a Patriot Massachusetts Militia company, during the American Revolutionary War, that was composed of African-American soldiers. Few records survive about the unit; most of its history is constructed from eyewitness accounts. No official military records pertaining to the Bucks of America exist or have survived. (en)
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  • Bucks of America (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bucks_of_America_Flag.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bucks_of_America_Medallion.jpg
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  • Bucks of America flag was presented to the Black Patriot, militiamen, after the war, in 1789, by Massachusetts governor, John Hancock and the grateful, citizens of Boston, honor them, presenting a white silk flag, displaying a leaping buck and a pine tree, the symbol of New England, and on the top, the initials, "J-G-W-H", of their benefactor son, John George Washington Hancock [died 1787] (en)
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  • John George Washington Hancock (en)
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  • Colonel George Middleton (en)
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  • Bucks of America (en)
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