"African-Americans in Southern State Units" Topic

Were African-Americans included within Southern State units during the war, within separate units such as the Rhode Island units only and/or scattered within Northern State units?

By what I recall there were no separate or all black units in the South. Nor were many blacks allowed to fight in Southern units. You have, maybe, a scattering of a few blacks here and there. Maybe a few more in the guerilla units.

I know this may be outside the scope of your question, but they were encouraged by the British to enlist in the loyalist cause in exchange for their freedom after the war.

Officially anything south/west of New England was considered "south" during the AWI. Using a more normal definition:

At the start of the AWI blacks were not enrolled in Virginia forces except for limited noncombatant roles. Unlike the British who recruited a unit of "Ethiopians" at the start of the war. Then things changed. Someone who has crunched the numbers of Virginia Size Rolls concluded in 1781 around 10% of the Virginia Continental line was black. That figure would include slaves who were sent as substitutes for men drafted.

For NC look at the attached article: link

SC did not officially have blacks in its Continental Line before the fall of Charleston. Laurens tried to convince the SC legislature to permit it without luck. Blacks did serve in SC Partisan units.

The August 1778 returns of two Virginia brigades listed 138 black soldiers, or an estimated 10%.

The North Carolina brigade during this same time period showed 8% black soldiers.

Statistics from "Men of Color at the Battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778: The Role of African Americans and Native Americans at Monmouth" by Richard S. Walling.