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==Enslavement==
Titus Kent was an enslaved servant to Samuel Kent beginning in 1772, by the time of the Revolutionary War, his slaveholder was Elihu Kent, Sr.<ref name="Memorial" /><ref name="HB of CT">{{Cite web |date=2014-06-11 |title=Elihu Kent, Jr. House (1786) - Historic Buildings of Connecticut |url=https://historicbuildingsct.com/elihu-kent-jr-house-1786/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=historicbuildingsct.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Kent lived in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, where he was also enslaved by other people.<ref name="Greene" />
==Military service==
Upon hearing of the [[Lexington Alarm]] (April 19, 1775), announcing the outbreak of the [[American Revolutionary War]], Captain Elihu Kent Sr. led 59 men of the [[List of United States militia units in the American Revolutionary War|local militia]] to Boston, first stopping at [[Springfield, Massachusetts]].<ref name="HB of CT" /><ref name="NE buildings">{{Cite web |date=2020-09-23 |title=Elihu Kent Jr. House — 1787 |url=https://buildingsofnewengland.com/2020/09/22/elihu-kent-jr-house-1787/ |date=September 20, 2022 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Buildings of New England |language=en}}</ref> Kent, who enlisted in the militia, served in Elihu's company<ref name="Greene" /><ref name="NE buildings" /> in the [[3rd Connecticut Regiment]] in the Connecticut Line, commanded by Colonel [[Samuel Wyllys]].<ref name="Greene">{{Cite book |last=Greene |first=Robert Ewell |url=http://archive.org/details/blackcourage17750000unse |title=Black courage, 1775-1783 : documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution |date=1984 |publisher=National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution |isbn=978-0-9602528-4-8 |pages=31, 37, 41, 59, 65, 80}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/connecollections12connuoft |title=Connecticut Historical Society Collections |date=1932 |publisher=Hartford |pages=351–352}}</ref> Titus served for eight years,<ref name="Greene" /> most of the time in [[Long Island]], New York.<ref name="Memorial" /><ref name="NE buildings" />
Suffield volunteers comprised about one-third of the Connecticut militia.<ref name="Greene" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suffieldtownhall.com/content/77/107/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405064150/http://www.suffieldtownhall.com/content/77/107/default.aspx | title=Town of Suffield, Connecticut - History |archive-date=2012-04-05 }}</ref> Town militia companies contributed to the Connecticut militia regiments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Understanding the Connecticut Militia |url=https://www.sarconnecticut.org/understanding-the-connecticut-militia/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Connecticut Sons of the American Revolution |language=en-US}}</ref> Initially, the [[Continental Congress]] discouraged slaves from enlisting in the [[Continental Army]], to appease the slave states. However, the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] offered freedom to slaves who fought on behalf of the British Army, forcing the [[Continental Congress]] to relent and offer the same.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/revolution/revolution_slavery.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209001600/http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu:80/learning_history/revolution/revolution_slavery.cfm| archive-date= 2014-02-09 | title=Slavery, the American Revolution, and the Constitution |website=Digital History, University of Houston }}</ref>
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