Joseph Savary was the close associate of whites and generally referred to as a mulatto Creole of Santo Domingo (now the Dominican Republic). The names of his parents can only be conjectured. Since he was believed to have been the brother of Belton Savary, another hero of the Battle of New Orleans, in Louisiana, he was probably the son of Charles Savary and Charlotte Lajoie. Savary was an officer in the Santo Domingan army under the French government and rendered outstanding services to the whites during the 1791 slave uprising. He and his family were among the whites, free people of color, and slaves who fled their native land and finally landed in New Orleans in 1809. When he reached the United States, he brought with him a reputation as an able officer and a man of great courage.
In the meager accounts concerning Savary ...