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"If there was a real weakness in the system of the early United States, it was slavery. The practice of slavery kept a lot of American ideals just out of reach and was used against the young country on multiple occasions. During the War of 1812, the British attempted to exploit this weakness by training a group of former slaves to fight for a country that needed them to fight as free men.

These days when we think of Colonial Marines, we're thinking of the gung-ho Space Warriors from the movie Alien. But back when Lord Cochrane decided to resurrect his Corps of Colonial Marines, he was set on fighting the Americans on their home turf.

Cochrane first formed his Colonial Marines in response to a lack of proper Redcoats on British-held Caribbean territories. He believed a fighting force made up of men born and raised in the islands of the Caribbean would be hardier than importing British regulars from overseas. Having grown up around the tropics (and the diseases that come with the region) the men would be less prone to illness, a major problem with armed forces of the time…"
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As the article touches on, for the reasons indicated, in the mid-1790s various corps of black soldiers were recruited in the West Indies to fight the French and local insurgents for control of the sugar isles. In 1798 these would be formed into the West India Regiment, which in one form or another continued in existence until 1962.

Alan Taylor wrote a good book on this subject:

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A number of black runaways fought with the Upper Creek tribes during the Creek War of 1812-14.