Andrew Sprowle
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Andrew Sprowle
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Andrew Sprowle was a Scottish-born merchant, naval agent, landowner, shipyard owner, slaveholder and slave trader in Portsmouth, Virginia. Today Andrew Sprowle is best remembered for establishing the Gosport Ship Yard, now known as Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Sprowle emigrated from Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland to what is currently the Commonwealth of Virginia in the mid-18th century, where he lived until his death on 29 May 1776.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sprowle
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2013-02-09T14:03:34Z
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2024-09-05T04:37:06Z
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