Unlike the Continental Army, the Navy recruited both free and enslaved blacks from the very start of the Revolutionary War ... were more inclined to serve on privateers than in Pennsylvania ...

which traces its roots back to the early days of the American Revolution. On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress established a naval force, hoping that a small fleet of privateers could ...

Unlike the Continental Army, the Navy recruited both free and enslaved blacks from the very start of the Revolutionary War ... were more inclined to serve on privateers than in Pennsylvania ...