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Inread in one source that, during the battle of St. George’s Caye,nbuccaneers, British settlers, and freed slaves were able to defeatnforces from the Spanish navy, who had attacked in an effort to kicknthe Brits out of Central America.
Inread in one source that, during the battle of St. George’s Caye,nbuccaneers, British settlers, and freed slaves were able to defeatnforces from the Spanish navy, who had attacked in an effort to kicknthe Brits out of Central America.n
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nInread in another source that British military officers from Jamaica (anBritish colony) trained and led into battle the “Baymen,”nwood-cutters from Britain, who lived and worked in Central America,nand that they also armed African slaves to fight against thenSpaniards. Not freed slaves—men who were still enslaved. And notnone mention of a pirate at all.
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nThenfirst story (buccaneers-and-freed-slaves) was super brief and gave nonsource for its information.
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nThensecond story (no buccaneers-and-still-enslaved-men) was more likely,nincluded far more details, and had footnotes with citations of itsnsources. n
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nSigh.nI liked the freed-slaves-plus-swashbuckling-pirates story more!
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nAtnany rate, on this date in 1798, the British turned away the Spanishnattack and more firmly established British colonization of whatnbecame British Honduras and later Belize.
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nCelebrate!
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Thisnholiday is celebrated by many in Belize with a beauty pageant, anparade, a tug-of-war competition, a children’s bicycle race, anfishing tournament, and of course lots of holiday foods andnbeverages! n
Thisnholiday is celebrated by many in Belize with a beauty pageant, anparade, a tug-of-war competition, a children’s bicycle race, anfishing tournament, and of course lots of holiday foods andnbeverages! nn
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nLearnnmore about Belize with this, that, and this othernearlier posts.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nGibraltar’s National Day
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nArcheologist Robert Koldeway’s birthday
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