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As with their English counterparts, lightermen in Singapore were men who worked on a lighter or on a barge. [3] Their primary role was to transport cargo between ships in the harbour and warehouses along the Singapore River. [4] They were active in Singapore in the 19th and 20th century, playing a key role in the city’s port functions.
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A freedman or freedwoman is a person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means.Historically, slaves were freed by manumission (granted freedom by their owners), emancipation (granted freedom as part of a larger group), or self-purchase.
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This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:19th-century American people. It includes American people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:19th-century American women
In the 19th century, a captain of industry was a business leader whose means of amassing a personal fortune contributed positively to the country in some way. This may have been through increased productivity, expansion of markets, providing more jobs, or acts of philanthropy . [ 2 ]
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Biographical Dictionary of Organists, Composers for Organ and Organ Builders [1] Biographical Dictionary 17th, 18th, and 19th century European Mennonite church leaders, The Mennonite Quarterly Review, [2] Brown, Stuart, Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers, edited by Robert Wilkinson and Diane Collinson.