Black Troops Fight at New Orleans; Jackson Betrays Them

Andrew Jackson recruits two battalions of free Black soldiers, about 600 men, promising equal pay and land bounties. They fight with distinction at the Battle of New Orleans, Jan 8, 1815. Afterward Jackson reneges: Black troops receive less pay, no land grants, and are mustered out with contempt. Jackson later becomes a brutal enslaver and Indian-removal president.