Colonel Tye
(1753-1780)
Emancipated slave and British army commander
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Titus Cornelius, also known as Titus, Tye, and famously as Colonel Tye (c.– 1780), was a slave of African descent in the Province of New Jersey who escaped from his master and fought as a Black Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War; he was known for his leadership and fighting skills. He fought with a volunteer corps of escaped Virginia Colony slaves in the Ethiopian Regiment, and he led the Black Brigade associators. Tye died from tetanus from a musket wound in the wrist following a short siege in September 1780 against Captain Joshua Huddy. He was one of the most feared and effective guerrilla leaders opposing the American patriot forces in central New Jersey.
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1753 Colt's Neck, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey, present-day Colts Neck Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey
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1780 (aged 26) Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey, present-day Monmouth County, New Jersey
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