Before the American Revolution,black Americans

Before the American Revolution,black Americans

A) had never served in any of the colonial militias.
B) were banned from militias in the southern colonies,but invited to serve in all of the New England ones.
C) served in the militias of many colonies,North and South.
D) served in the militias of the southern colonies,but not in those of New England,which had a negligible African-American population.