Henry Laurens

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American politician Revolutionary War leader diplomat human merchant planter slave trader

Henry Laurens was an American merchant, slave trader, and statesman from South Carolina who became a prominent Revolutionary leader and diplomat, including serving as a U.S. envoy to the Netherlands and being imprisoned in the Tower of London.

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Label	Occurrences
Henry Laurens canonical	18

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Revolutionary War leader ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ merchant ⓘ planter ⓘ slave trader ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
child	John Laurens ⓘ Martha Laurens Ramsay ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1724-03-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1792-12-08 ⓘ
employer	Henry Laurens & Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup	European American ⓘ
familyName	Laurens ⓘ
givenName	Henry ⓘ
heritage	British colonial American ⓘ
memberOf	Continental Congress ⓘ South Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
name	Henry Laurens self-link ⓘ
notableEvent	American Revolutionary War ⓘ capture by the British in 1780 ⓘ exchange for Lord Cornwallis ⓘ imprisonment in the Tower of London ⓘ
notableFor	being held as a state prisoner in the Tower of London ⓘ diplomatic mission to the Netherlands ⓘ leadership in the Continental Congress ⓘ
notableWork	negotiations for the Treaty of Alliance with the Netherlands ⓘ
occupation	merchant ⓘ rice planter ⓘ slave trader ⓘ
owned	enslaved people ⓘ
participantIn	American independence movement ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Charleston ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina
placeOfBurial	Mepkin Plantation, South Carolina ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Mepkin Plantation, South Carolina ⓘ
positionHeld	President of the Continental Congress ⓘ President of the South Carolina Council of Safety ⓘ U.S. envoy to the Dutch Republic ⓘ Vice President of South Carolina ⓘ delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
residence	Charleston ⓘ surface form: Charleston, South Carolina Mepkin Plantation, South Carolina ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Eleanor Ball Laurens ⓘ

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Second Continental Congress → president → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1783) → USSignatory → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Henry Laurens → name → Henry Laurens self-link ⓘ

President of the Continental Congress → officeHolder → Henry Laurens ⓘ

St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, South Carolina → notableBurial → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Laurens County → namedAfter → Henry Laurens ⓘ

subject surface form: Laurens County, Georgia

Mepkin Plantation, South Carolina → placeOfDeathOf → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Mepkin Plantation, South Carolina → ownedBy → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Vice President of South Carolina → firstHolder → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Vice President of South Carolina → significantOfficeHolder → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Henry Laurens & Company → associatedWith → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Henry Laurens & Company → foundedBy → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Henry Laurens & Company → owner → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Eleanor Ball Laurens → spouse → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Laurens → hasNotableBearer → Henry Laurens ⓘ

John Laurens → father → Henry Laurens ⓘ

Martha Laurens Ramsay → father → Henry Laurens ⓘ

South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress → hasMember → Henry Laurens ⓘ