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Thomas Peters National Historic Person (c. 1738–1792)
Thomas Peters was designated a national historic person in 2022.
Historical importance: Yoruba man who escaped enslavement in North Carolina to fight as a Loyalist, fought for Black Loyalists rights.
Commemorative plaque: No plaque installedFootnote 1
Thomas Peters (c. 1738–1792)
A West African-born Yoruba man, Thomas Peters escaped enslavement in North Carolina to fight on the side of Britain during the American Revolutionary War as a sergeant in the Black Pioneers. He became a prominent leader and influential spokesperson for the Black Loyalists who were frustrated and disillusioned by the conditions of their postwar resettlement in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Peters fought tirelessly for land grants and provisions, criticizing British officials for failing to fulfill promises made to Black Loyalists in a series of petitions that culminated in a mass migration to the West African colony of Sierra Leone in 1792. Peters recruited roughly a third of the estimated 1
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Thomas Peters (revolutionary)
Black Loyalist founding father of Sierra Leone
Thomas Peters | |
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| Born | Thomas Potters 1738 (1738) Yorubaland |
| Died | 25 June 1792(1792-06-25) (aged 53–54) Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Cause of death | Malaria |
| Resting place | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Nationality | Nigerian, American, Canadian, Sierra Leonean |
| Citizenship | Canadian, Sierra Leonean |
| Occupation(s) | Slave, soldier, politician |
| Known for | Recruiting African American, Nova Scotia settlers, from British Canada, Northern America, to Sierra Leone Colony, West Africa |
| Spouse | Sally Peters (m. 1776) |
| Children | John Peters (son) Clairy Peters (daughter) 5 other children |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Unit | Black Company of Pioneers |
| Battles / wars | American Revolutionary War |
Thomas Peters, born Thomas Potters (1738 – 25 June 1792),[1] was a veteran of the Black Pioneers, fighting for the British in the American Revolutionary War. A Black Loyalist, he was resettled i
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Thomas Peters
Thomas or Tom Peters may refer to:
- Thomas Peters (revolutionary) (1738–1792), one of the leaders of the African Americans brought to Nova Scotia after the American Revolutionary War
- Thomas Peters (1745–1857), Dutchman and earliest verifiable supercentenarian
- Thomas Peters (born 1958), civil name of the German musician Tommi Stumpff
- Thomas Minott Peters (1810–1888), American lawyer, Alabama Chief Justice, and botanist
- Thomas Kimmwood Peters (1879–1973), American motion picture producer, newsreel cameraman, photographer, educator, and inventor
- Tom Peters (born 1942), American writer on business management practices
- Tom Peters (footballer) (1920–2010), English footballer
- Tom Peters (rugby league) (1895–1960), Australian rugby league player
- Tom Peters, title character of the 2004 animated TV series Tom Goes to the Mayor
- Tom Petters (born 1957), CEO of Petters Group Worldwide
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