The West India Regiments and the War of 1812

IF 0.8 2区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
Tim Lockley
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Abstract: The West India Regiments, men of African descent embodied into regular regiments of the British Army, played a hitherto unheralded role in the War of 1812. Knowledge of the military prowess of these regiments was widespread in the US in the early nineteenth century, and the British exploited this, mixed with a large amount of rumour and speculation as a terror tactic during the war. The West India Regiments were used as recruiters in the Chesapeake in 1814, and on active campaigns against New Orleans and Georgia in 1815. They were directly and indirectly responsible for the escape of thousands of enslaved people from slave states to British forces and even forced some US commentators to contemplate the recruitment of their own enslaved soldiers as a counterweight. While their military contribution to the war ended up being small, the psychological importance of regiments of black men within easy reach of the southern states lingered long after peace had been agreed.
西印度军团与 1812 年战争
摘要:西印度军团是英军正规军团中的非洲裔男子,他们在 1812 年战争中发挥了迄今为止从未被提及的作用。19 世纪初,这些军团的军事才能在美国广为流传,英国人利用这一点,再加上大量的谣言和猜测,在战争中采取了恐怖战术。1814 年,西印度兵团被用作切萨皮克的征兵者,1815 年,他们又积极参加了对新奥尔良和佐治亚州的作战。他们直接或间接地导致成千上万的奴隶从奴隶州逃往英军,甚至迫使一些美国评论家考虑招募自己的奴隶士兵作为制衡。虽然他们对战争的军事贡献最终很小,但黑人兵团在南方各州近在咫尺的心理重要性在达成和平协议后仍长期存在。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of the Early Republic is a quarterly journal committed to publishing the best scholarship on the history and culture of the United States in the years of the early republic (1776–1861). JER is published for the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. SHEAR membership includes an annual subscription to the journal.
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