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A List of 19 Prominent Men and Women Born in the West Indies During the 1600s and 1700s by Ross Dix-Peek
A List of 19 Prominent Men and Women Born in the West Indies During the 1600s and 1700s
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Ross Dix-Peek
The West Indies of the 1700s was not just an Idyllic yet troubled paradise beset by slavery and pirates, it was also the birthplace of some prominent folk indeed, and can number a Queen, A Governor, A Field Marshal, Three Generals, Three Admirals, a Lord Mayor of London, A Poet, Two American Statesmen, The Founder of Singapore, A Gifted Revolutionary and (of course)a Pirate among its progeny!
· John Bowen (c1680-c. 1704),Pirate. Bowen was born in Bermuda, and initially served as the captain of a ship trading in the West Indies, before he was abducted by pirates. He later became a pirate himself and began sailing in consort with George Booth, off the west coast of Madagascar, and in April 1700 the two crews captured the
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