Black Sailors Played a Key Role in War of 1812-- Part 2

Isaac Hull continued that they were "utterly insensible to danger and to be possessed with a determination to outfight the white sailors."

Blacks also comprised an important part of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's Lake Erie fleet.

Commodore Isaac Chauncey, over all commander on the Great Lakes, wrote, "I have nearly 50 blacks (on my ships) and many of them are among my best men."

Captain Nathaniel Shaler, commander of the privateer Governor Tompkins, was almost captured by a British frigate and lauded his black sailors John Davis and John Johnson.

Not So Forgotten.  --Brock-Perry