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William Armistead (1762–1799) was a Revolutionary War drummer boy from Elizabeth City County, Virginia, who became a planter (and slaveowner) in North Carolina and later in Alabama. [1] This William Armistead was born in 1762 to one of the First Families of Virginia , and considerable genealogical research has been performed to determine his ...
William Armitstead may refer to: William Armistead (burgess) (died c. 1716), represented Elizabeth City, Virginia in the Virginia House of Burgesses; William Armistead (1754–1793), slave owner and namesake of former slave and spy James Armistead Lafayette; William Armistead (1762–1842), Revolutionary war veteran and Alabama pioneer
The son of the former Agnes Knowles and her husband, Col. John Armistead, was born in New Kent County. He was likely named to honor his grandfather, Capt. (then Major) William Armistead, who had a brother Gill Armistead and both served on the vestry of Blisland Parish (although Col. John Armistead moved to St. Peter's Parish and served on its vestry, in addition to his military duties and ...
Gray co-wrote the screenplay with Richard Menello, it was one of his last screenplays before his death in March 2013, shortly before the film's Cannes premiere. [6] The Immigrant was Gray's first film with a female protagonist. [7] Gray wrote the movie for Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix. He stated that if the two actors did not want to do ...
Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the events in 1839 aboard the Spanish slave ship La Amistad, during which Mende tribesmen abducted for the slave trade managed to gain control of their captors' ship off the coast of Cuba, and the international legal battle that followed their capture by the Washington, a U.S. revenue cutter.
Although he was not reelected a second time then (his father regaining the seat), this William Armistead again won re-election in 1700 and was re-elected every year until 1710, when a court ruled that he had lost the close contest, then voters again re-elected him in 1712 and re-elected him until his death. [3]
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A Tribute for the Negro: Being a Vindication of the Moral, Intellectual, and Religious Capabilities of the Coloured Portion of Mankind; with Particular Reference to the African Race is an 1848 work written by the Leeds-based British abolitionist Wilson Armistead, that published indictments of scientific racism, as well as slavery, and included biographies of a number of prominent campaigners ...