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(Encyclopedia) British West Indies: see West Indies; West Indies Federation.Browne, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Browne, Thomas, d. 1825, Loyalist commander in the American Revolution. A resident of Augusta, Ga., he was the victim of colonist violence in 1775, when he was tarred and feathered for…Jay's Treaty
(Encyclopedia) Jay's Treaty, concluded in 1794 between the United States and Great Britain to settle difficulties arising mainly out of violations of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 and to regulate…Monrovia, city, Liberia
(Encyclopedia) MonroviaMonroviamənrōˈvēə [key], city (1986 est. pop. 465,000), capital of the Republic of Liberia, NW Liberia, a port on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the St. Paul River.…Santiago de Cuba
(Encyclopedia) Santiago de CubaSantiago de Cubasäntyäˈgō [key]Santiago de Cubaᵺā k&oomacr;ˈbä [key], city (1994 est. pop. 385,800), capital of Santiago de Cuba prov., SE Cuba. Cuba's second…coolie labor
(Encyclopedia) coolie labor, term applied to unskilled laborers from Asia, especially from India and China. With the discontinuance of slavery, the use of Chinese and Indian contract labor in British…Josiah TATTNALL, Congress, GA (1762-1803)
Senate Years of Service: 1796-1799 Party: Democratic Republican TATTNALL Josiah , a Senator from Georgia; born at Bonaventure, near Savannah, Ga., in 1762; completed preparatory studies; went…Mervyn Malcolm DYMALLY, Congress, CA (1926)
DYMALLY Mervyn Malcolm , a Representative from California; born in Cedros, Trinidad, British West Indies, May 12, 1926; attended Cedros Government School, Trinidad; graduated from St. Benedict and…Eugene McLanahan WILSON, Congress, MN (1833-1890)
WILSON Eugene McLanahan , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Morgantown, Monongalia County, Va. (now West Virginia), December 25, 1833; attended the common schools and Morgantown Academy;…Alexander HAMILTON, Congress, NY (1757-1804)
HAMILTON, Alexander, a Delegate from New York; born on the island of Nevis, British West Indies, January 11, 1757; immigrated to the United States in 1772, where he received educational…Trending
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