Historical Events in October 1775

  • Oct 8 Officers decide to bar slaves & free blacks from Continental Army
  • Oct 13 First US Navy forms when Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet
  • Oct 16 Portland, Maine burned by British

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Oct 18 African-American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery.

Poet Phillis Wheatley
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Phillis Wheatley
  • Oct 23 Continental Congress approves resolution barring blacks from army
  • Oct 27 US Navy forms as the Continental Navy