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Accomplished_Job_225 t1_jdciayv wrote

Douglas was from South America and not Ireland, I do believe. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essequibo_(colony)

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drak0bsidian OP t1_jdcpevs wrote

Governor Douglas was not the farmer . . .

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas_(governor)

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Accomplished_Job_225 t1_jdd8htu wrote

Oh lol. Thanks for the correction.

For some reason I thought it was his pig, and that's why he got involved militarily.

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drak0bsidian OP t1_jdd8pb4 wrote

No worries. Figured you misread. And to your point, while he was born in a Dutch colony in South America, it became British shortly after.

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Accomplished_Job_225 t1_jdda9w2 wrote

I must have misread it somewhere as to the ownership of the pig and the level of offense the British governor took [though, knowing the British style of governance, it shouldn't be a surprise they would threaten war on behalf of a subject like the had just done / were doing in the opium wars against China].

Ooh I hadn't even considered the transfer of sovereignty. I wonder if the transfer of the Guyana area to Britain affected Douglas' life or decision to move to the opposite side of the continent.

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