Question

Describe how enslaved and free Black people in South Carolina contributed to the Revolutionary War. (1 point)
Most became workers or laborers supporting military forces.
The British utilized enslaved Black people as bribes to encourage loyalists to fight.
South Carolina did not utilize enslaved and free Black people for the patriots’ cause.
Enslaved Black people were shipped to St. Lucia to work on plantations

Answer 1

Most became workers or laborers supporting military forces.

They served as cooks, teamsters, laborers, carpenters, guards, and some fought—while the British also recruited/offered freedom to enslaved people who joined their side.