The Plantation Owner's Startling Army of Diversity
02/26/21 • 17 min
How Gen. Andrew Jackson recruited Creoles, "free men of color", French pirates, backwoodsmen, and Indians to win an unlikely victory over the mighty British Empire at the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.
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The White House's Unruly Neighborhood:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-white-houses-unruly-neighborhood-edward-p-moser/1131103788
How Gen. Andrew Jackson recruited Creoles, "free men of color", French pirates, backwoodsmen, and Indians to win an unlikely victory over the mighty British Empire at the 1815 Battle of New Orleans.
From
The White House's Unruly Neighborhood:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-white-houses-unruly-neighborhood-edward-p-moser/1131103788
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