CHAPTER II

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NEGRO TROOPS IN THE WAR OF 1812.

Employment of Negroes as Soldiers in the War of 1812.--The New York Legislature authorizes the Enlistment of a Regiment of Colored Soldiers.--Gen. Andrew Jackson's Proclamation to the Free Colored Inhabitants of Louisiana calling them to Arms.--Stirring Address to the Colored Troops the Sunday before the Battle of New Orleans.--Gen. Jackson anticipates the Valor of his Colored Soldiers.--Terms of Peace at the Close of the War by the Commissioners at Ghent.--Negroes placed as Chattel Property.--Their Valor in War secures them no Immunity in Peace 23

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