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Weary Warriors

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Maryland, Prince George's County, Largo
Exhausted from marching, battling at Bladensburg, and invading Washington, British soldiers stopped to rest. Many slept on Northampton Plantation property on August 26, 1814, before resuming their march to Upper Marlboro.

By August 30, after the successful campaign for Washington, they reboarded their ships at Benedict. They had traveled about 113 miles over 12 days.

Seeking Freedom
Tobacco plantations such as Northampton depended on enslaved labor. The British tried to weaken the economy by enticing slaves to escape. About 4,000 people sought freedom with the British, including some 500 who joined the British military as the Colonial Corps of Marines.

Trained by the British, some former slaves earned freedom as Colonial Marines. IMAGE / © GERRY EMBLETON

“It was...absolutely necessary to pause... (T)hrowing ourselves on the ground...in less than five minutes there was not a single unclosed eye throughout the whole brigade.”
– British Lt. George Robert Gleig

Bone-tired British troops hauled wounded comrades by wagon back to their ships. IMAGE / © GERRY EMBLETON

(War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.


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