Category : History

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Andrew Jackson

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Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaws region, a rural frontier area straddling the border between North and South Carolina. The...
HistoryInternational

The Egypt Plantation

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Thomas Thistlewood’s Domain in Jamaica The Egypt plantation, located in Westmoreland parish in western Jamaica, was the primary site of Thomas Thistlewood’s operations as a...
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Thomas Thistlewood

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Thomas Thistlewood (1721–1786) was an English-born planter, slave owner, and prolific diarist whose life in colonial Jamaica provides one of the most detailed—and disturbing—windows into...