How did the Enlightenment and Natural Rights rhetoric impact African Americans during the Revolutionary Era?

Works better with Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft WordLong Answer Essay: Question worth (100 points)MIDTERM:How did the Enlightenment and Natural Rights rhetoric impact African Americans during the Revolutionary Era? Where did the White American colonists call for Independence & Freedom converge with the Black American quest for freedom, and where did it diverge or differ? Also, give specifics on the role that African Americans played in the American Revolution on both sides of the conflict. How did African American choices in this conflict impact how the war was fought? In the end, did African Americans overall experience a change of status in the aftermath of the war. (Make sure to discuss all the colonial regions) (1300 words minimum should be sufficient. 1 page equals 350 college words.)