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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 513
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-171
NATIONAL LIBERTY MEMORIAL PRESERVATION ACT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 6201]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (H.R. 6201), to extend the authority for the estab-
lishment of a commemorative work to honor enslaved and free
Black persons who served in the American Revolution, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably
thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of H.R. 6201 is to extend the legislative authority
for the establishment of the National Liberty Memorial, a com-
memorative work to honor enslaved and free black persons who
served in the American Revolution.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Historians estimate that between 10 and 15 percent of the Conti-
nental Army during the Revolutionary War was composed of Afri-
can Americans-in total, between 5,000 and 10,000 free and
enslaved persons. Soldiers such as Salem Poor, Primus Hall, and
Prince Whipple-George Washington's bodyguard-were com-
mended for their valor and selflessness in the midst of battle. At
the end of the war, some enslaved soldiers earned their freedom,
but many who had fought in place of their white owners returned
to spend the remainder of their lives in slavery.
Interest in creating a memorial that commemorates enslaved and
free Black Americans who fought in the Revolutionary War dates
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