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    Titus Cornelius, also known as Titus, Tye, and famously as Colonel Tye (c. 1753 – September 1780), was a slave of African descent in the Province of New...
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  • Titus, then known as Tye. In later years, he became known as Colonel Tye as an honorary title for his military skills. Private Tye and his comrades believed...
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  • Christopher Tye (c. 1500–c. 1570), 16th-century composer and organist Colonel Tye (1753–1780), Loyalist leader in the American revolution John Tye (cricketer)...
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    Loyalists in its colony of Nova Scotia and others in the Caribbean islands. Colonel Tye, also known as Titus Cornelius (c. 1753–1780), was a slave of African...
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    Jersey led by Colonel Tye, a slave from Monmouth County, New Jersey who had escaped to British lines early in the war. The title of colonel was not an official...
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    named Tye. This young man escaped in 1775 from his master in New Jersey, at that time a colony where slavery was legal. In Virginia, Colonel Tye joined...
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    Black Snake, as well as a letter of marque to operate as a privateer. Colonel Tye leading a small group of African Americans and Queen's Rangers on a night...
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    British Loyalists under the direction of Richard Lippincott and Colonel Tye. Colonel Tye later died from injuries sustained during that raid. Patriots later...
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    Adelberg, p.22 PBS Resource Bank. Colonel Tye", "Africans in America". Accessed October 13, 2013. "In September, 1780 Tye led a surprise attack on the home...
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    Loyalists) (1780–1782) Black Brigade (Black Loyalists) led by Colonel Tye and later, Colonel Stephen Blucke) (Monmouth County) (1779-1783) King’s Militia...
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