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Chapter X. From Lexington to Carrizal.

Negro in War of 1812--Incident of the Chesapeake--Battle of Lake Erie--Perry's Fighters 10 Percent Negroes--Incident of the "Governor Tompkins"--Colonists Form Negro Regiments--Defenders of New Orleans--Andrew Jackson's Tribute--Negroes in Mexican and Civil Wars--In the Spanish-American War--Negroes in the Philippines--Heroes of Carrizal--General Butler's Tribute to Negroes--Wendell Phillips on Toussaint L'Ouverture