Can't Say I Blame 'Em
They turned their guns on the American colonies in exchange for a chance at freedom and land of their own. Over 200 years later, the villages founded by these enslaved Black soldiers who fought for the British in the War of 1812 still exist today as a unique ethnic community in Trinidad.
 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merikins" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Merikins -- Wikipedia</a>

Can't Say I Blame 'Em They turned their guns on the American colonies in exchange for a chance at freedom and land of their own. Over 200 years later, the villages founded by these enslaved Black soldiers who fought for the British in the War of 1812 still exist today as a unique ethnic community in Trinidad. Merikins -- Wikipedia

Can't Say I Blame 'Em
They turned their guns on the American colonies in exchange for a chance at freedom and land of their own. Over 200 years later, the villages founded by these enslaved Black soldiers who fought for the British in the War of 1812 still exist today as a unique ethnic community in Trinidad.
 
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merikins" rel="noopener noreferrer">Merikins -- Wikipedia</a>

Ep.76 - Merikins

Wiki Walks is a short podcast devoted to some of the more intriguing and, “huh! Who knew?” articles you can run across in the seemingly unending cavalcade of bizarreness that is Wikipedia. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.

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Ep.76 - Merikins

Ep.76 - Merikins