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Accomplished_Job_225 t1_jdd8htu wrote

Reply to comment by drak0bsidian in TIL of the Pig War, a border dispute between the US and the UK, around Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and Washington State. The only casualty was a pig, owned by an Irish farmer, which was shot by an American farmer for eating his potatoes. Both countries deployed military troops. by drak0bsidian

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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