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    Titus Cornelius, also known as Titus, Tye, and famously as Colonel Tye (c. 1753 – September 1780), was a slave of African descent in the Province of New...
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    Titus, then known as Tye. In later years, he became known as Colonel Tye as an honorary title for his military skills. Private Tye and his comrades believed...
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  • Christopher Tye (c. 1500–c. 1570), 16th-century composer and organist Colonel Tye (1753–1780), Loyalist leader in the American revolution John Tye (cricketer)...
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    named Tye. This young man escaped in 1775 from his master in New Jersey, at that time a colony where slavery was legal. In Virginia, Colonel Tye joined...
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    Jersey led by Colonel Tye, a former slave from Monmouth County, New Jersey who had escaped to British lines early in the war. The title of colonel was not an...
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    British Loyalists under the direction of Richard Lippincott and Colonel Tye. Colonel Tye later died from injuries sustained during that raid. Patriots later...
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    Black Snake, as well as a letter of marque to operate as a privateer. Colonel Tye leading a small group of African Americans and Queen's Rangers on a night...
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    Adelberg, p.22 PBS Resource Bank. Colonel Tye", "Africans in America". Accessed October 13, 2013. "In September, 1780 Tye led a surprise attack on the home...
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    Loyalists) (1780–1782) Black Brigade (Black Loyalists) led by Colonel Tye and later, Colonel Stephen Blucke) (Monmouth County) (1779-1783) King’s Militia...
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    by an escaped slave, and veteran of the Ethiopian Regiment known as Colonel Tye, who led the so-called Black Brigade in numerous raids in New York and...
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    sides with the British in return for promises of freedom. For example, Colonel Tye was a slave who escaped and joined the British army, leading constant...
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    Loyalists in its colony of Nova Scotia and others in the Caribbean islands. Colonel Tye, also known as Titus Cornelius (c. 1753–1780), was a slave of African...
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  • Indian War William Tryon (1729–1788), Royal Governor of North Carolina Colonel Tye (c. 1753–1780), New Jersey native who escaped from slavery and achieved...
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  • may also refer to: Captain Daniel Brodhead I (1631–1667) who married Anne Tye (1640–1714) migrated from England to America Captain Daniel Brodhead II (1693–1755)...
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    Black Loyalist and guerrilla leader Colonel Tye died in 1780 and Stephen Blucke was given the honorary rank of "Colonel" and took command, of another Black...
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    the most noted of the African-American Patriots during this era, and Colonel Tye was perhaps the most noteworthy Black Loyalist. African Americans also...
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    England freed by Geatflæd "for the love of God and the good of her soul". Colonel Tye (1753–1780), also known as Titus Cornelius, formerly enslaved, he became...
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    Philadelphia. A smaller unit of 24 escaped slaves fought under the command of Colonel Tye, raiding Patriot settlements in New Jersey. In Savannah, Augusta, and...
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  • contributions to the United States. Famous African Americans such as Colonel Tye and historical figures such as President George Washington and John Murray...
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    York. Well-known African-Americans who fought for the British include Colonel Tye and Boston King.[citation needed] Thomas Peters was one of the large...
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  • and New Jersey Assemblyman Charles Haight, of Freehold. This is where Colonel Tye and his band of Loyalists attempted to capture and kill Huddy.) Jacob...
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  • the Black Brigade, after their leader, Colonel Tye, died of lockjaw. Blucke received the honorary rank of "Colonel". The Pioneers wore black, wool, tricorn...
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  • and based on the novel The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers. The film stars Tye Sheridan, Alden Ehrenreich, Toni Collette, Jason Patric, Jack Huston, and...
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    his P-38 in a vacant lot. In 1942, the United States Army Air Forces built Tye Army Air Field, as it was popularly known, on the site of what is now known...
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  • Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, and Lucas Till. In the film, the ancient...
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  • and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Cline and Zak Penn, and stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg...
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    from reliance on the political system and to become more questioning. Larry Tye views Kennedy following the death of his brother as "more fatalistic, having...
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    fight song. According to The Ole Miss Experience, music professor Arleen Tye wrote a fight song for the school in 1931 entitled “Ole Miss.” The song's...
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    of the finest STEM and outdoor leadership offerings in the region. Camp Tye Brook Piedmont Area Council Lynchburg, VA Closed Camp Washington Newport...
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    The 2023 Nicholls Colonels football team represented Nicholls State University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I...
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