I've heard that because he was a slave-owner, rapist and Indian scalper, they decided against using him as the main protagonist played by Gibson in "The Patriot."
@PhobosVortex Apparently "The protagonist, Benjamin Martin, is loosely based on real Continental Army officer Francis Marion, Andrew Pickens and other Revolutionary War figures." So, the film was not entirely divorced from our perverted, 18th century friend.
My 4th great grandfather, John M. James, fought with Marion as a spy. My grandfather and 1st great grandfather both are named Francis Marion James Sr & Jr in his honor. Dr. Stukes offers an excellent capsule of Francis Marion history..
Thats cool, my fater told me that i was a decendent of fancis Marion. My dads dad was named after him. He was a member of my great grandmother side of the family.
"There is also strong evidence that Francis Marion, the basis for Gibsons character, was a slave-owning serial rapist who murdered Cherokee Indians for fun. "
A true patriot. Im not even american but I can tell.
franciscodudeful 3 months ago
grandpa was telling me i was related to this guy.
not sure if it is true but we still do share the last name and my grandpa did check this out considering he lives in south Carolina .
live4death2222 8 months ago
I've heard that because he was a slave-owner, rapist and Indian scalper, they decided against using him as the main protagonist played by Gibson in "The Patriot."
PhobosVortex 9 months ago
@PhobosVortex Apparently "The protagonist, Benjamin Martin, is loosely based on real Continental Army officer Francis Marion, Andrew Pickens and other Revolutionary War figures." So, the film was not entirely divorced from our perverted, 18th century friend.
jd55192 8 months ago
We found him in our family tree.. Pretty awesome stuff!
Phummuph 10 months ago
awesome job, Prof. Stukes- is there a longer version of this anywhere?
IamSimplyPhil 1 year ago
My 4th great grandfather, John M. James, fought with Marion as a spy. My grandfather and 1st great grandfather both are named Francis Marion James Sr & Jr in his honor. Dr. Stukes offers an excellent capsule of Francis Marion history..
strayleave 2 years ago 2
Thats cool, my fater told me that i was a decendent of fancis Marion. My dads dad was named after him. He was a member of my great grandmother side of the family.
mwigley123 2 years ago
"There is also strong evidence that Francis Marion, the basis for Gibsons character, was a slave-owning serial rapist who murdered Cherokee Indians for fun. "
smoochym 2 years ago
Don't believe everything you read on Wikipedia, I take it you are british
SemperFiLeathernecks 2 years ago
@smoochym He proposed legislating slavery out of existence 3 times that are documented dumbass.His stand was out voted in the VA legislature.
Bobby65NY 1 year ago
@smoochym He was quoted as saying in the VA legislature that "slavery is diabolical in itself and disgraceful to mankind."
Bobby65NY 1 year ago
Well done. I have read about this fighting warrior and I am proud to say my gggggreat grandfather Capt. David McNabb was among his men.
CitizenSoldiers 2 years ago
Good job Dr. Stukes.
katygfmu 3 years ago