Black Troops

About the Book

On January 1815, colonel Savary, a free man of color, and his Battalion fought back the britishs troops who were attempting to invade the city of New Orleans. On the battle field suddenly appears a young slave who had fled a plantation..

About the Author

Artist, painter, and comics creator, Joz had started in 1974 at Paris with a publication (Louis Delgrès) in the monthly “Charlie.” After ten years in France, like a professional reporter drawer, he came back to Martinique, where he has been teaching for thirty-seven years as art teacher for college and lycées. Since he has retired, Joz has won the price of creative art with his last publication, 1870 “l’insurrection du sud.” Joz has also done several exhibitions in New Orleans during the Jazzfest, where he got his inspiration to illustrate this history of black troops in 1815. After four months of research at Tulane University, the historic New Orleans collection, and Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and preserve.