Philip J. Schwartz discusses this in "Twice Condemned: Slavery and the
Criminal Laws of Virginia 1705-1865."

Richard E. Dixon
Clifton, VA



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> Subject: Corps of Colonial Marines and Virginia
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>        The so-called Corps of Colonial Marines were slaves who during the
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> of 1812  made their way to British war ships in the Chesapeake Bay, and=20
> elsewhere, and were formed into a corps under Rear Admiral George
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> fight the Americans in return for a promise of freedom from the British
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> America was defeated.  Does anyone know of any study on the numbers, if
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> of Virginia slaves who bolted and joined up with the British during the
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> of 1812?
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> Thanks.
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> JDS
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