Black Company of Pioneers
The Black Company of Pioneers, also known as the Black Pioneers and Clinton's Black Pioneers, were a British Provincial military unit raised for Loyalist service during the American Revolutionary War. The Black Loyalist company was raised by General Sir Henry as a non-combatant replacement force for the disbanded Ethiopian Regiment in Philadelphia in late 1777 or early 1778. Pioneers were soldiers employed to perform engineering and construction tasks. Clinton refused to allow black and white soldiers to serve together as integrated Loyalist military units. In 1778, the Pioneers merged into the , led by Colonel Beverley Robinson, in New York. Its company commanders were Captain Allen Stewart and Captain Donald McPherson. In 1783, the company was disbanded in Port Roseway, Canada, now Shelb
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Black Company of Pioneers
The Black Company of Pioneers, also known as the Black Pioneers and Clinton's Black Pioneers, were a British Provincial military unit raised for Loyalist service during the American Revolutionary War. The Black Loyalist company was raised by General Sir Henry as a non-combatant replacement force for the disbanded Ethiopian Regiment in Philadelphia in late 1777 or early 1778. Pioneers were soldiers employed to perform engineering and construction tasks. Clinton refused to allow black and white soldiers to serve together as integrated Loyalist military units. In 1778, the Pioneers merged into the , led by Colonel Beverley Robinson, in New York. Its company commanders were Captain Allen Stewart and Captain Donald McPherson. In 1783, the company was disbanded in Port Roseway, Canada, now Shelb
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No ...... e disbanded Ethiopian Regiment
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Liberty to Slaves
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Black Pioneers, Clinton's Black Pioneers
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Captain Allen Stewart
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Captain Donald McPherson
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Colonel Stephen Blucke
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General Sir Henry Clinton
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Major James Moncrief
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Sergeant Harry Washington
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Sergeant Thomas Peters
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construction, street cleaning, garbage collection
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