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​ ​ The // Revoltionary War home front //

//I am going to tell you about what the slave, women and more did at the home front of the Revoltionary war. Women did not like the war because most of the men went to war. The men didn't care if they worked on farms or small businesses, they still went to war. Most women did not have farms and businesses to depend on, and some didn't stay at home when their men went to war, they usually went to camps to join the men. // //For most African Americans, the Revolution meant freedom, because so much fighting in the last few years of war, many slaves escaped to British lines. The British, hoping to stop the American war, freed and evacuated thousands of slaves. Most African Americans also won their freedom by fighting in the Continetintal Army. While the British army my be the main point of the war, //



 Molly Pitcher was born to German immigrants who had moved to the colonies & settled on a dairy farm near Trenton, New Jersey. Mary Ludwig Hay's did much more than cook, clean, do mending, & nurse the sick & wounded. She worked at becoming a true contributor to the war effort, & was quickly recognized & revered as a valuable asset. She served as nurse in the brutally cold conditions at Valley Forge before the battle of Monmouth. During the battle, she carried pitchers of clear spring water to the thirsty soldiers & gumen who needed it to cool their hot cannon. She managed to earn the title of "Molly Pitcher". By carrying wounded soldiers on her own back & taking them from the bloody battlefields she earned the men's respect. What earned her their respect, however, was her active participation in the fighting. John Hays, a member of the First Pennsylvania artillery and her husband, had replaced a casualty at one of the big guns and was preparing to fire a volley of rounds at the British during the Battle of Monmouth. Before Mary’s eyes he was shot and wounded, unable to man the big gun any longer. Mary charged over to him and, after finding out that he was going to live, she took the rammer from his hands and proceeded to fire round after round at the approaching enemy. Mary Hays held her position as a gunner throughout the day, doing the job well and acting bravely.