The Black Refugees

When the United States of America and the United Kingdom fought during the War of 1812, a large number of enslaved Africans (well over 4,000) managed to escape American slavery and find eventual freedom. Slaves from places such as the Georgia and the Chesapeake Bay coastal regions of Maryland and Virginia escaped on Royal Navy ships that were part of the blockade along the American coast. These freed slaves became known as the Black Refugees. - See more at: http://sixdaystillsunday.com/the-black-refugees/#sthash.xGBrPgaE.dpuf