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__________ was an African American slave who fought against the British in the American Revolution and was later emancipated and given land for his bravery during the war.

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Jude Hall

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Jude Hall was born into slavery in New Hampshire. In 1775 he joined the 3rd New Hampshire militia regiment and fought bravely in many revolutionary battles. Battle of Monmouth in June 1778, one of the hardest battles of the war earned him the title of "Old Rock". Discharging from his military duties he was a fee man ten with a small plot of land in Exeter, where he lived as a free yeoman.

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