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title: "Why did many African Americans join the Continental Army? Why did they feel betrayed?"  
description: "Why did many African Americans join the Continental Army? Why did they feel betrayed?"  
author: "Peterson arnold"  
published: 2018-04-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41991/why-did-many-african-americans-join-the-continental-army-why-did-they-feel-betrayed  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did many African Americans join the Continental Army? Why did they feel betrayed?

Why did many [African Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home) [join](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/35/join-in-sql-server) the [Continental Army](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51273/what-did-the-british-do-to-prevent-supplies-and-reinforcements-from-reaching-the-continental-army)? Why did they feel betrayed?\
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