John Gordon (merchant)
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John Gordon (merchant)
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John Gordon was a Loyalist British merchant and trader of Scottish origin who lived in South Carolina for many years. He settled in Charles Town about 1760, and from 1759 to 1773 he was a major exporter of deerskins supplied by Native American hunters. Gordon also participated in the transatlantic slave trade but was not a major importer of captive Africans. John Gordon did business in Charles Town and Savannah, as well as in British East Florida. The regional network of Scottish traders headed
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British Loyalist merchant in South Carolina (1710–1778)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordon_(merchant)
date created:
2013-11-16T19:53:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T13:50:58Z
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