Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton

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British Army officer British colonial administrator

Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton, nicknamed "Hair Buyer Hamilton," was a British colonial official during the American Revolutionary War notorious for allegedly paying Native American allies for American scalps.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Henry Hamilton – Lieutenant Governor of Detroit	1
Henry Hamilton	0

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ British colonial administrator ⓘ
allegation	encouraged Native American attacks on American settlers ⓘ paid bounties for American scalps ⓘ
alliance	Native American nations allied with Britain ⓘ
associatedWith	Fort Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Sackville NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincennes campaign of 1779 NERFINISHED ⓘ
capturedBy	American forces under George Rogers Clark ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	British ⓘ
event	Siege of Fort Sackville at Vincennes NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedFor	Province of Quebec authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedTerritory	British-controlled Detroit and surrounding region ⓘ
heldAt	Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	British use of Native American allies on the western frontier ⓘ
historicalDebate	extent of his direct involvement in scalp bounty payments ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatusDuringWar	prisoner of war of the Americans ⓘ
loyalty	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ
nickname	Hair Buyer Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	allegedly paying Native American allies for American scalps ⓘ role in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
occupation	colonial official ⓘ soldier ⓘ
opponent	American frontier settlers ⓘ Patriot forces in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
placeOfActivity	Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest frontier of the American colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfCapture	Vincennes NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Loyalist ⓘ
positionHeld	Lieutenant Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Detroit ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Detroit ⓘ
reputation	defended by some British contemporaries as following imperial policy ⓘ notorious among American colonists ⓘ viewed by Americans as cruel and barbaric ⓘ
role	British commander at Detroit ⓘ administrator of British policy toward Native Americans in the western territories ⓘ coordinated Native American raids against American frontier settlements ⓘ
subjectOf	American Revolutionary War frontier histories ⓘ debates over British-Indian policy ⓘ
treatment	harsh imprisonment by American authorities ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hair Buyer Hamilton → alsoKnownAs → Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton ⓘ

Fort Sackville, Vincennes → commandedByAtCapture → Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton ⓘ

Battle of Vincennes → opposingCommanderTitle → Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Hamilton – Lieutenant Governor of Detroit