I think it's great to see a black patriot unit The First Rhode Island but what about on the British side...isn't it time we saw Lord Dumore's Royal Ethiopians recreated? Apparently they wore the words 'Liberty to Slaves' on their chests...what did they look like though?
This detail of a painting by American artist John Singleton Copley of the Battle of Jersey is thought to depict a loyalist regiment of the American Revolution. This unit formed by Lord Dunmore from runaway slaves fought most notably at the battle of Great Bridge in 1775. More here