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John Hawkins
Admiral Sir John Hawkins was an English naval commander, naval administrator, privateer and slave trader. Hawkins pioneered, and was an early promoter of, English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. He is considered to be the first English merchant to profit from the Triangle Trade, selling enslaved people from Africa to the Spanish colonies in the West Indies in the late 16th century.
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Born 1 January 1532 · Died 12 November 1595 · Q315490
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2023· 1 entry
Plymouth City Council announced that due to Hawkins's links with the slave trade, it planned to rename Sir John Hawkins Square to Justice Square
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2015· 1 entry
Tulsa World: John Hawkins: 70 years later, no apologies for Hiroshima; They deserved it
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2008· 1 entry
“The Truth about Primitive Life: The Road to Revolution”
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1995· 1 entry
“HIROSHIMA - Enola Gay's Crew Recalls The Flight Into a New Era”
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1889· 1 entry
“The passage is restored as above by Bernays (Heraclitea i. p. 34), and Bywater (p. 43), from the following sources: Clement of Alex. Strom. v. 9, p. 682. Proclus in Alcib. p. 255 Creuzer, = 525 ed. Cous. ii. Clement of Alex. Strom. iv. 7, p. 586.”
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1784· 1 entry
“Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View”
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1595· 1 entry
Died 1595-11-12.
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1532· 1 entry
Born 1532-01-01.
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