With a steady drumbeat, Jordan Bankston Noble helped the United States defeat the British during the Battle of New Orleans. As a result, he became known as “The Drummer Boy of Chalmette.”
“Noble took part in the most memorable battle of his military career,” states the National Museum of the United States Army. Serving in three more wars as a drummer, “Noble contributed to the battlefield success of the units with which he served.”
And he did it while being enslaved…