Christopher Gadsden (February 16, 1724 – August 28, 1805) was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution and a soldier and politician and plantation and slave owner from South Carolina. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress, a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, a merchant, and the designer of the Gadsden flag.
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16 February 1724 Charleston, South Carolina, British America
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Died |
15 September 1805 (aged 81) Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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