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Sturge Town was founded in 1838 as a Free Village and still survives. It is a small rural village about 10 miles from Brown's Town, Saint Ann Parish. The village is located on the northeast coast on the island of Jamaica. It is arguably the first free village in the Western Hemisphere but was registered second.
Joseph Sturge (2 August 1793 – 14 May 1859) was an English Quaker, abolitionist and activist. He founded the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (now Anti-Slavery International). He worked throughout his life in Radical political actions supporting pacifism, working-class rights, and the universal emancipation of slaves. In the late ...
The town was founded by Hamilton Brown (died 1843) who is buried in the local Anglican church. [8] He owned much of the land in the area including Minard Estate. Surrounding estates were Huntley, New Hope, Orange Valley, Belleair, and Retreat. Brown's Town became significant as a market centre in the mid-19th century following the abolition of ...
Founded by Christopher Columbus in 1494 as a gold town, the original place was abandoned by 1562 after an earthquake destroyed the settlement and refounded 5 kilometers away between 1562-1564. Was destroyed again in 1805 by the Dessalines invasion and by an earthquake in 1843.
Diego de Holguín became the first mayor of San Salvador after the town was founded on April 1, 1525. Founded on what is now the archaeological site of Ciudad Vieja, north of the present-day city, it was moved to the Valle de Las Hamacas (Acelhuate Valley). 1524 Granada: Granada: Nicaragua
The city of Philadelphia was founded and incorporated in 1682 by William Penn in the ... Zion German Reformed Church in Northampton Town in ... Sturge commented ...
In the summer of 1846, the disillusioned Burritt left the cautious Beckwith, and went to England. He stayed initially with Joseph Sturge. Setting off in July on a walking tour, he went to Worcester, the namesake town, to speak. [2] [6] He travelled widely around a new home in Harborne, then a rural village, largely on foot. [7]
Spain occupies the present day border town of Olivença since the War of the Oranges. 20 December 1999: Portuguese Overseas: De facto: Portuguese Macau transferred to the People's Republic of China: 20 May 2002: Portuguese Overseas: De jure: Portuguese Timor, occupied by Indonesia since 1975, officially dissolved to form the independent state ...