Ayitians fighting in North America: Battle of New Orleans (Jan 8, 1815), Joseph Savary (born on Ayiti 1770, veteran of the Haitian Revolution) led the Second…

SUMMARYAyitians fighting in North America: Battle of New Orleans (Jan 8, 1815), Joseph Savary (born on Ayiti 1770, veteran of the Haitian Revolution) led the Second Battalion of Free Men of Color, Louisiana Militia (256 men, mostly Ayitian refugees; inducted Dec 19, 1814); Jackson held them back, they pushed into the British advance anyway (one of his men reportedly shot the British commanding general); Choctaw warriors fought on the same side; Jackson then ordered the Black troops out (white fears of armed Black men), and Savary's men joined Mexico's independence fight; Savary died 1822. Jackson signed the 1830 Removal Act; Choctaw removed under Dancing Rabbit Creek (1830). Record (the shot = "reported"). Also P126 (Savannah 1779, Yorktown fleet 1781).