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David Fagen

American defector

Field	Value
name	David Fagen
birth_date	1875
death_date	Unknown date
birth_place	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
image	David Fagen.jpg
allegiance	First Philippine Republic Philippines
USA United States
branch	United States Army (until November 1899)
[[File:Seal of the Philippine Army (1897).svg	23px]] Philippine Republican Army (November 1899–1901)
rank	[[File:Army-USA-OR-04a.svg	15px]] Corporal (United States Army)
[[File:PR Capitán.svg	16px]]Captain (Philippine Republican Army)
unit	US Army 24th Regiment (until November 1899)
battles	Philippine–American War

USA United States

David Fagen or David Fagin (1875–?) was an African-American soldier who defected during the Philippine–American War. He acquired the rank of captain in the Philippine Republican Army.

Service

A native of Tampa, Florida, Fagen served in the 24th Regiment of the U.S. Army, but on November 17, 1899, he defected to the Filipino army. He became a guerrilla leader.

His defection was likely a reaction to racist treatment of African-American soldiers within the United States armed forces at the time, as well as racist sentiments expressed towards the Filipino resistance, who were frequently referred to by American soldiers as "niggers" and "gugus".

After two other black deserters were captured and executed, President Theodore Roosevelt announced he would stop executing captured deserters.

Supposed death

As the war ended, the US gave amnesties to most of their opponents. A substantial reward was offered for Fagen, who was considered a traitor. There are two conflicting versions of his fate: one is that his was the partially decomposed head for which the reward was claimed, and the other is that he married a local woman and lived peacefully in the mountains.

Media portrayals

Portrayed by Quester Hannah, an American theater actor, in the 2013 indie film, David F.

References

(1996). "Black Soldier White Army (Paperback)". Government Printing Office.
(May 1997). "Black Soldier, White Army: The 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea". DIANE Publishing.
Rafael, Vicente. (11 February 2007). "David Fagen (1875-?)". BlackPast.org.
E. San Juan Jr.. "An African American Soldier in the Philippine Revolution:An Homage to David Fagen".
Rudy Rimando, [http://hnn.us/articles/8658.html "Interview with Historical Novelist William Schroder: Before Iraq, There Was the Philippines"], November 28, 2004, [http://hnn.us History News Network].
(2014). "U.S. Foreign Policy and the Other". Berghahn.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027112545/http://www.geocities.com/mnsocialist/fagen.html The Saga of David Fagen]

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