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jan 1, 1801 - Sir Thomas Picton found guilty of torture of Luisa Calderón

Description:

Sir Thomas Picton, Governor and slave-owner of Trinidad, found guilty of approving the torture of a young girl called Luisa Calderón (who was not a slave) in Trinidad in 1801

Additional info: the subject of controversy for his brutality there (described in the ODNB as "overzealousness"), dying at Waterloo.

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Date:

jan 1, 1801
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~ 225 years ago