In 1735 when the French colonists of Louisianapursuedthe Natchez Waragainst Native Americans, they mustered free and enslaved African Americans into two military companies that came to be known as the CorpsD'Afrique. The soldiers of the CorpsD'Afriquefought againstIndigenousPeople as well asagainstAfricans who had fledslaveryto live in freedom amongthe Natchez. The paradox of Black folkin Americastanding on […]
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