'Mulattoes' and 'Negroes' to be Armed by Great Britain
This is a proposal to raise two regiments to fight in the West Indies,
one of ' Mulattoes'
and one of free Black men. The purpose of engaging them is bluntly
stated: 'so many less men will be wanted from Europe, and of course
so many lives saved to the mother-country'. Clearly, the Black
men were considered dispensable.CO 138/3, ff. 418-19 (Jan1779) |
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