October1775

Historical Events in October 1775

Historic Event

Oct 8 Officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from the Continental Army

Nathanael Greene — US General Nathanael Greene

Oct 13 First US Navy forms when Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet [1]
Oct 16 Portland, Maine burned by British

Historic Event

Oct 18 African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery

Phillis Wheatley — Poet Phillis Wheatley

Oct 27 US Navy forms as the Continental Navy

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