Colonial Marines were offered their freedom for service. Of course, former slaves being armed and opposed to the United States posed a huge threat to the slave-holding areas of the country.
After the War of 1812, the Florida post of Colonial Marines was paid off and disbanded. Some moved to Bermuda but others continued to live around the former post leading to the Battle of Negro Fort in July 1816. Negro Fort was on Prospect Bluff on the Spanish side of the Apalachicola River.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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