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Freeman, Richard (?-1851)
Richard Freeman, deputy city marshal and entrepreneur in the early years of San Diego, California, was born somewhere in the Eastern United States. His date of birth is unknown and so are his parents’ names. In fact, there is little information known about his life before he came to San Diego. Some
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Invest Caribbean Shepherds 8 Developers To Pitch At CIF 2023 In The Bahamas
The content originally appeared on: News Americas Now News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Nov. 1, 2023: Team Invest Caribbean, in collaboration with the Caribbean Export Development Agency, recently guided a carefully selected group of eight Caribbean developers through the process of presenting
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Chad: Darfuri Refugees in Eastern Chad Demand Protection Against Gunmen
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Melly Rose releases Sugar Plum - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidadian singer Melly Rose is back with a fresh single titled Sugar Plum. This love song, crafted with deep emotion and a soulful melody, showcases Melly Rose's exceptional talent and dedication to spreading love through music, a media release said. "Sugar Plum is a song that comes strai
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ICYMI: Must-See Celeb Beauty Looks From The Weekend | Essence
Over the holiday weekend, celebrity beauty moments were at an all-time high. Look after look, we were presented with beauty inspiration to take us through to the end of the […] The post ICYMI: Must-See Celeb Beauty Looks From The Weekend appeared first on Essence.
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Namibia: Foreigners Implicated in Illegal Lead Mining Ring
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Seattle City Council to consider putting social housing payroll tax on fall ballot - Washington - The Black Chronicle
(The Center Square) – A proposal to create an excess compensation payroll tax to fund Seattle's affordable housing network has garnered enough signatures to be placed on this November's ballot, but whether that happens remains to be seen. On Friday, King County Elections verified that there were
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👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily - Showmax to discontinue services outside Africa | TechCabal
Showmax announced, last week, that it would discontinue its streaming services outside Africa by December 1, 2023. The service now wants to focus on meeting the needs of its African market. More in #TCDaily.
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High Court sets aside $20m award to ex-Vindra Naipaul-Coolman accused – Trinidad Tribune
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Buxton United capture the East Coast Mash Football Championship - Stabroek News
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Abortion looms large in Virginia's general election
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Social Media Comedy Phenom Takes Time For Local Aspirant Ozrick Cooley - Free Press of Jacksonville
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Johnson, Anthony (? – 1670)
Anthony Johnson was the first prominent black landholder in the English colonies.  Johnson arrived in Virginia in 1621 aboard the James.  It is uncertain if Johnson arrived as an indentured servant or as a slave, early records list him as “Antonio, a Negro.”  Regardless of his
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Kenya: DP Gachagua Says Govt to Work With Transport Stakeholders in War Against Alcohol, Drug Abuse
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WCPL set for prime time in 2024, CPL launches new logos - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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C.J. Stroud Shares Message After Statement Win
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Battle of the Schools: Dancing With the Scholars XIIII Honors Legacy of William O. Lockridge
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Jonathan Majors' Assault Trial Began Today | WATCH | EURweb
*(CNN) — The trial in the assault and harassment case against Marvel actor Jonathan Majors began today in New York City. The case stems from a March 25 domestic dispute involving Majors and his former girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. Majors has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and aggravated
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Kenyan Students Heads to China for Huawei ICT Competition Global Final
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Gary Police Department launches real time crime center
GARY MAYOR JEROME PRINCE, at podium, with (l-r) Gary Police Chief Anthony Titus and Corporal Larry McKinley. Mayor Prince wants more residents to install home security cameras and register them with GPD Gary has a better police force today, Mayor Prince announced Tuesday morning, as he stood in the
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Guest Editorial: Thanksgiving amid chaos | New Pittsburgh Courier
Many people are aware of a change in the world that is both exhilarating and disturbing. This year’s Thanksgiving Day holiday was celebrated on Thursday, November 23. These are crucial times. Just days before the government was scrambling to avert a shutdown. Our former president has been brought
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Telling Secrets, Spying Freedom: A Novel Account of Mary Bowser's Civil War Espionage
In the following account historian and novelist Lois Leveen describes how she came to write her critically acclaimed novel, The Secrets of Mary Bowser, the account of a black woman who served as a Union spy in the Confederate White House during the American Civil
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Peace, unity, national security and respect for Sierra Leone’s judiciary
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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (or Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable)[n 1] (before 1750[n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent resident of what became Chicago, Illinois. Little is known of his life prior to the 1770s. In 1779, he was living on the site of
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