On May 10, 1775, Black patriots stood alongside colonial militias in the first major offensive action of the American Revolutionary War—the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in New York. Led by Ethan Allen and the “Green Mountain Boys,” this surprise dawn attack secured a critical strategic point without bloodshed. Among the forces were free and enslaved Black men who risked their lives for a cause that would not yet recognize their full humanity. Their early participation in the war highlighted both the contradictions of liberty and the courage of those who demanded it from the start.
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