The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Peters, Thomas, approximately 1736-

LC control no.n 98076867
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingPeters, Thomas, approximately 1736-
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)Peters, Thomas, b. ca. 1736
Peters, Tom, approximately 1736-
Associated countryGreat Britain
Associated placeSierra Leone
LocatedCanada
Birth date1736~
1738
Death date1792-06-25
Profession or occupationSoldiers Politicians
Found inButt-Thompson, F.W. King Peters of Sierra Leone, 1920: text (Tom Peters)
PREMARC, 08-26-98 (hdg.: Peters, Thomas, b. ca. 1736)
Wikipedia, May 23, 2022 (Thomas Peters, born Thomas Potters (1738 - June 25, 1792), was a veteran of the Black Pioneers, fighting for the British in the American Revolutionary War. A Black Loyalist, he was resettled in Nova Scotia, where he became a politician and one of the "Founding Fathers" of the nation of Sierra Leone in West Africa; has been called the "first African-American hero")
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Peters_(revolutionary)>