James De Lancey (loyalist)
(1746-1804)
Canadian politician
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James De Lancey (September 6, 1746 – May 2, 1804) was a colonial American who led one of the best known and most feared of the loyalist units, De Lancey's Brigade, during the American Revolution. He was known as the "Commander of the Cowboys" by the loyalists and by the Patriots he was known as the "Outlaw of the Bronx". He later became a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1786 to 1794. He has become a controversial figure for unsuccessfully trying to use the courts to retrieve a slave he brought to Nova Scotia.
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6 September 1746 Westchester County, Province of New York, British America
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2 May 1804 (aged 57) Round Hill, Nova Scotia, Canada
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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