The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons: to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans

by Nell, William C. (William Cooper), 1816-1874; Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

https://archive.org/details/coloredpatriotso00nell/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater   ( Chapter on CT  ) 

https://connecticuthistory.org/black-loyalist-refugees-toney-escapes-during-the-burning-of-fairfield/

20,000 blacks join the Loyalist cause/British

9,000 join Patriots

https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/boston-king-and-the-black-loyalists-of-the-american-revolution-0

https://blackloyalist.com/cdc/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41298659 Blacks as American Loyalists: The Slaves' War for Independence

https://www.amrevmuseum.org/read-the-revolution/black-patriots-and-loyalists

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2narr4.html

https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/archives/uncoveringnewhaven/blog/Loyalists-in-Connecticut

https://revolutionarywarjournal.com/african-americans-in-the-american-revolution-jordan-freeman-dies-defending-fort-griswold/

https://revolutionarywarjournal.com/african-american-soldiers-in-the-american-revolution-a-brief-history/

https://revolutionarywarjournal.com/arm-negroes-to-the-principles-of-liberty-never-to-be-lost-in-a-contest-for-liberty-the-black-presence-in-the-american-revolutionary-army-was-much-larger-than-what-weve-tho/

https://revolutionarywarjournal.com/african-american-dragoon-in-the-american-revolution-john-redman/

Indenture of John Pagatoon | Native Northeast Portal  

Prince Hull  https://www.africannativeburialsct.org/person/hull-prince/ 

African Americans in the American Revolution: Jordan Freeman Dies Defending Fort Griswold – Revolutionary War Journal