Black Redcoats: The Corps of Colonial Marines 1814-16
Monday 13th October | 18:00 for 18:30 | Drawing Room | £10.00
Matthew Taylor is a Civil Servant & amateur historian who has accidentally became a historian of a unique period in British military history & the history of emancipation from slavery in the America.
Join Matthew’s talk where he will tell the remarkable story of how during the War of 1812 the Royal Navy & Royal Marines enabled the largest pre-abolition emancipation of enslaved people in American history, created a still-existing ethnic group, & provided knowledge, skills, & inspiration that would aid the resistance of free black people & Native Americans against the United States for decades. This incredible military tale, filled with astounding heroes, left a nearly forgotten legacy of bravery that stretches from Nova Scotia to Virginia, The Bahamas, Florida, and Trinidad – and right here to London.
