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bmoreboy410 t1_ixuq8x2 wrote

Reply to comment by bmore in It’s always nice to see Baltimore recognized on the world stage - Go USA ⚽️ by chrisbeall

Its not even about whether it was true or not. But I think that you are wrong.

The final provocation was that men who escaped their bonds of slavery were welcome to join the British Corps of Colonial Marines in exchange for land after their service. As many as 4,000 people, mostly from Virginia and Maryland, escaped.

Whether manipulation or not, the British kept their word to Colonial Marines after the war, refusing the United States’ demand that they be returned and providing them land in Trinidad and Tobago to resettle with their families. Their descendants, called “Merikins,” still live there today.

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bmore t1_ixurgye wrote

I guess this is splitting hairs a bit too, fair. They definitely did a bit better on round 2 vs the 1770s resettlements I was referencing.

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