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James Smith

Frontiersman, farmer and soldier in British North America

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Born: 1737
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1.Stated in Smith, James (1737-1814), soldier and authorRetrieved 2019-04-10
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Died: April 11, 1813
, 1814
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1.Stated in Smith, James (1737-1814), soldier and authorRetrieved 2019-04-10
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Birthplace: Lancaster County
Place of death: Green County
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: farmer
, military personnel
, writer
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1.Stated in Smith, James (1737-1814), soldier and authorRetrieved 2019-04-10
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James Smith was a frontiersman, farmer and soldier in British North America. In 1765, he led the "Black Boys", a group of Pennsylvania men, in a nine-month rebellion against British rule ten years before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. He participated in the Revolutionary War as a colonel of the Pennsylvania militia and was a legislator in the Kentucky General Assembly. Smith was also an author, publishing a memoir about his captivity by Native Americans in his Narrative in 1799, and in 1812 an in-depth analysis of Native American fighting techniques, based on observations during his captivity.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: James
Family name: Smith

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