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Nicholas Cooke

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Rhode Island governor (1717-1782)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1717 to 1782 · aged 65
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Nicholas Cooke was an American politician, slave-trader, and ropemaker who served as the governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the American Revolutionary War, and after Rhode Island became a state, he continued in this position to become the first Governor of the State of Rhode...

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Cooke (facing right at back of table, with pipe) and other Rhode Island Merchants in Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam by John Greenwood.Cooke (facing right at back of table, with pipe) and other Rhode Island Merchants in Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam by John Greenwood.Nathanael Greene, who became commander of the Army of Observations under Cooke's governorshipNathanael Greene, who became commander of the Army of Observations under Cooke's governorshipSir Henry Clinton, who led the British force that captured NewportSir Henry Clinton, who led the British force that captured Newport

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Nicholas Cooke was an American politician, slave-trader, and ropemaker who served as the governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the American Revolutionary War, and after Rhode Island became a state, he continued in this position to become the first Governor of the State of Rhode Island. Born in the maritime town of Providence, he early in life followed the sea, eventually becoming a Captain of ships. This occupation led him to become a slave trader, becoming highly successful in this endeavor, and he ran a distillery and rope-making business as well. He is depicted as one of the affluent merchants in John Greenwood's satirical painting from the 1750s entitled Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam.

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United States
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1717 to 1782 · aged 65
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