CHAPTER X.
FROM LEXINGTON TO CARRIZAL.
NEGRO IN WAR OF 1812--INCIDENT OF THE CHESAPEAKE--BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE--PERRY'S FIGHTERS 10 PERCENT NEGROES--INCIDENT OF THE "GOVERNOR TOMPKINS"-- COLONISTS FORM NEGRO REGIMENTS--DEFENSE OF NEW ORLEANS--ANDREW JACKSON'S TRIBUTE--NEGROES IN MEXICAN AND CIVIL WARS--IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR--NEGROES IN THE PHILIPPINES--HEROES OF CARRIZAL--GENERAL BUTLER'S TRIBUTE TO NEGROES--WENDELL PHILLIPS ON TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE.
Prior to the actual war of 1812 and one of the most conspicuous causes leading to it, was the attack on the Chesapeake, an American war vessel.
Here the Negro in the Navy figured in a most remarkable degree.

The vessel was hailed, fired upon and forced to strike her colors by the British.

She was boarded, searched and four persons taken from the crew charged with desertion from the English navy.

Three of these were Negroes and one white.

The charge against the Negroes could not have been very strong, for they were dismissed, while the white man was hanged.
The naval history of our second war with Great Britain is replete with incidents concerning the participation of the Negro.