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- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines abstract "The Corps of Colonial Marines were two Marine units raised from former slaves for service in the Americas by the British at the behest of Alexander Cochrane. The units were created at two different times, and were later disbanded once the military threat had disappeared.The first Corps was a small unit that served in the Caribbean from 1808 to 12 October 1810, recruited from former slaves to address the shortage of military manpower in the Caribbean. The locally-recruited men were less susceptible to tropical illnesses than were troops sent from Britain. The Corps followed the practice of the British Army's West India Regiments in recruiting slaves as soldiers.The second, more substantial, Corps served from 18 May 1814 until 20 August 1816. The greater part of the Corps was stationed on the Atlantic coast, with a smaller body occupying a fort on the Gulf coast in Florida. Recruits were escaped slaves who gained their freedom by joining the British but, unlike the men of the West India Regiments, the Corps' recruits were loath to view themselves as \"slave soldiers\". Previously disenfranchised, the offer of freedom appealed to them; however, the establishment of the force sparked controversy at the time (the arming of former slaves represented a psychological threat to the slave-owning society of the Americas). As a consequence, the two senior officers of the Corps in Florida (George Woodbine and Edward Nicolls) were demonised in Niles' Register for their association with the Corps and inducing slave revolt.At the end of the War of 1812, as the British post in Florida was evacuated the Corps' Florida detachment was paid off and disbanded. Although several men accompanied the British to Bermuda, the majority continued to live in settlements around the wooden stockade the Corps had garrisoned (which had become a symbol of slave insurrection). This legacy of a community of armed fugitive slaves with a substantial arsenal would lead to tensions with the United States of America. Those remaining later took part in the Battle of Negro Fort in July 1816, after which they joined the southward migration of Seminoles and African Americans escaping the American advance. Members of the Colonial Marine battalion who were deployed on the Atlantic coast withdrew from American territory. They would continue in British service as garrison-in-residence at Bermuda until 1816, when the unit was disbanded and the ex-Marines resettled on Trinidad.".
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines activeYearsEndYear "1815".
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines activeYearsStartYear "1808".
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines battle Battle_of_Bladensburg.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines battle Battle_of_Fort_Peter.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines battle Battle_of_North_Point.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines battle Burning_of_Washington.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines country United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines garrison Cumberland_Island.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines garrison Fort_Gadsden.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines garrison Guadeloupe.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines garrison Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Bermuda.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines garrison Tangier,_Virginia.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines militaryBranch Her_Majestys_Naval_Service.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines militaryUnitSize "Battalion".
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- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines militaryUnitSize "First Corps:".
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines militaryUnitSize "Second Corps:".
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines patron Alexander_Cochrane.
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- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines type Marines.
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- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Alexander_Cochrane.
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- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Negro_Fort.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_North_Point.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Pensacola_(1814).
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Bermuda.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Black_Refugee_(War_of_1812).
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- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink French_frigate_Loire_(1796).
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink George_Lewis_(Royal_Marines_officer).
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Georgia_(U.S._state).
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Guadeloupe.
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- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Dragon_(1798).
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Her_Majestys_Naval_Service.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Hezekiah_Niles.
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- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Marines_Battalions_(Napoleonic_Wars).
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- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Sir_George_Cockburn,_10th_Baronet.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Slavery.
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Squadron_(naval).
- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Tangier,_Virginia.
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- Corps_of_Colonial_Marines wikiPageWikiLink Îles_des_Saintes.