Taylor, Matthew

Black Redcoats: The Corps of Colonial Marines, 1814-1816

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ISBN 13:
9781399034012
author:
Taylor, Matthew
format:
Hardback
publisher:
Pen & Sword Military
language:
English
Publication Year:
2024
Pages:
248
Dimensions:
23.6 x 15.8 x 2.8 centimetres (0
Genre:
History
Condition:
New
Availability:
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£20.20

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The Corps of Colonial Marines: A Little-Remembered Part of British Military and African-American History. During the Anglo-American War of 1812, thousands of enslaved African Americans fled to British forces in what became the largest emancipation of enslaved Americans until the abolition of slavery in the United States. The British built a force - the Corps of Colonial Marines - from these refugees, who were fighting for their own freedom as much as for Great Britain. The Corps of Colonial Marines had a significant impact on the war, turning Britain's campaign on America's coasts from one of harassment to an existential threat to the new nation. Their presence also paralysed American resistance with fear of a widespread slave uprising, allowing British forces in the Chesapeake to burn down Washington DC. This book examines the Corps of Colonial Marines and their post-war history, including their continued survival as a unique ethnic group in the Caribbean today, and their involvement in the largest act of armed African-American resistance to slavery.

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