American revolution Black women and white women

African Americans and white women were among the most affected people in the Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War helped African Americans to start fighting for freedom, and gave white women opportunity to demonstrate their ability to manage life without men.
African Americans played a major role in the formation of independence. At the time of the Revolutionary War, there were about 500, 000 black slaves in the colonies. Most black slaves were working in large plantations in Virginia, Maryland, and South Carolina. About 5,000 of them served as soldiers for the Continental Army, and about 20,000 served in the British Army. The English and the Continental Army looked for African Americans to fulfill their demand for more soldiers.
After the War, Quakers viewed slavery as sin and freed most of their slaves however, some Quakers were not willing to fully abolish slavery. Many states began to implement a law that granted civil rights for slaves who were born after July 4th 1776. “The revolution neither ended slavery nor brought equality to free blacks. But it did begin a process by which slavery eventually might have been extinguished” (Boyer Paul, p168). Some slaves got freedom in the North following the War. The slave masters granted them freedom like a prize for their participation in the Revolutionary War. The South didn’t make any change for the sake of its plantations. Some African Americans from the South either joined the British Army or moved to the West Indies to get freedom.
White women’s involvement in American politics started way before the Revolutionary War, and their participation increased during the war. Before the Revolutionary War, White Women participated in the Tea Party Movement. During the revolutionary war Women worked as nurses for the soldiers. They also cooked food and washed clothes for soldiers. Since men left home for the war, women got the opportunity to manage the farms. They showed that they can do more than housekeeping. After the War, Women acquired more property than they had in American history. Some women also joined the combat beside men.
Before the war, people thought women were naturally dependent on their husbands. They didn’t have a voice in a household as a child. Before the Revolutionary War, only few women got elementary education. College for women was unthinkable, but after the war school was founded for only women.
The Revolutionary war played a major role in shaping American politics and social structure. African Americans and White women were among the parts of colonials’ society who were affected by the Revolutionary War. After the Revolutionary War even though black slaves did not get full freedom, they made some progress. White women got better educational opportunities. Women showed their abilities to lead a farming business. Even though gender and race equality did not change right after the Revolutionary War, The War helped African American and White Women to fight for equality.