Royal African Corps

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The Royal African Corps was a unit in the British Army officially established on 25th April, 1804. Fraser’s Corps of Infantry, had been raised for the defense of the Island of Goree, Senegal in August 1800. The regiment was one of several penal battalions composed primarily of deserters and condemned men from the hulks, with some additional Black soldiers being attached to the unit.[1]

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  1. ^ "Goree". Royal West India Regiment. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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