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1843:... all who may be disposed to emigrate from the UNITED STATES will, with their Families, be received on board His Majesty's Ships or Vessels of War, or at the Military Posts that may be established, upon or near the Coast of the UNITED STATES, when they will have their choice of either entering into His Majesty's Sea or Land Forces, or of being sent as FREE Settlers to the British Possessions in North America or the West Indies, where they will meet with due encouragement ... 6836: 4625: 1694: 6425: 1928:
used to an urban environment and, as they had been expecting better, they were disgruntled and some returned to America, but this comment applies to later free Black American settlers, who came from towns, and not to the Veteran Colonial Marines, who were all refugees from the rural areas of the Chesapeake and Georgia. The settlers built houses from the timber they felled, and planting crops of bananas,
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supported improvements to the infrastructure of the settlements and arranged for the settlers to get deeds to their lands, so confirming their property rights as originally stated on arrival, though it is not clear that the initiative was carried through universally. As they prospered, they became a
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of land and some of these plots are still farmed today by descendants of original settlers. The land was fertile but the conditions were primitive initially as the land had to be cleared and the lack of roads was an especial problem. It is sometimes said that some of the settlers were craftsmen more
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Cochrane's recruitment of the Colonial Marines, mostly in the Chesapeake, went doubly against his orders from the British government, who had instructed him to accept volunteers for military service only from Georgia and South Carolina and to send all such volunteers away immediately for training
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between 1815–1816. The region was largely populated by French-speaking Catholics but soon transitioned to an English-speaking, Baptist community after their arrival. It is believed that the term "Merikins" is derived from the local
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in the south of the island. Local planter Robert Mitchell managed the establishment and maintenance of the settlements, petitioning the governor for supplies when needed.
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and potatoes. Rice was introduced from America and was especially useful because it could be stored for long periods without spoiling.
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Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and Espiritismo
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Unlike the American slaves who were brought to Trinidad in 1815 in ships of the Royal Navy,
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and other religious elders as authority figures and there was a rigorous moral code of
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UK National Archives ADM 1/3319, Field Officers' letters to Admy, 1815-1819.
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significant element in Trinidad's economy. Their agriculture advanced from
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After the end of the War, the Colonial Marines were first stationed at the
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The Corps of Colonial Marines: Black freedom fighters of the War of 1812
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The Saga of the Companies: A History of the Merikin Settlers in Trinidad
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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Twenty years after the initial establishment, the then governor
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The Pan-African Connection: From Slavery to Garvey and Beyond
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from evangelical sects common in places such as Georgia and
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The Merikins: Forgotten Freedom Fighters in the War of 1812
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Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion, Volume 1
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The following people are descended from this community:
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Margarite Fernández Olmos, Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert,
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The Merikens: Free Black American Settlers in Trinidad
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Unarmed African Americans killed by police officers
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