Richard Bland
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Richard Bland was an 18th-century Virginia planter, lawyer, and influential patriot leader who played a key role in articulating colonial constitutional rights before the American Revolution.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Richard Bland canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American patriot
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member of the Virginia gentry ⓘ person ⓘ planter ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| authorOf | An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1710-05-06 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Prince George County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1776-10-26 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Williamsburg, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | influential patriot leader in colonial Virginia ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of William & Mary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Richard Bland Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
colonial constitutional law
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political theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| hasNotableRelative |
John Randolph of Roanoke
NERFINISHED
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Theodorick Bland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
articulating colonial constitutional rights before the American Revolution
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early defense of American rights as British subjects ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Virginia House of Burgesses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | patriot faction in colonial Virginia politics ⓘ |
| mother | Elizabeth Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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planter ⓘ political writer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| opposed | Parliamentary taxation without representation ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Stamp Act crisis
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pre-Revolutionary political debates in Virginia ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
burgess
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delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ member of the Virginia Committee of Correspondence ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1766 ⓘ |
| region | Colony of Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Jordan's Point, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Anne Poythress
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | colonial rights within the British Empire ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
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