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an ex-slave, rescued from West Africa and locally recruited into the Royal Navy, especially one from the Kroo tribe
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Krooman — Kroo man (kr[=oo] man), n.; pl. {Kroomen} (kr[=oo] men). One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
krooman — kroo·man … English syllables
krooman — noun see kruman … Useful english dictionary
Kroomen — Krooman Kroo man (kr[=oo] man), n.; pl. {Kroomen} (kr[=oo] men). One of a negro tribe of Liberia and the adjacent coast, whose members are much employed on shipboard. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
USS Cumberland (1842) — The first USS Cumberland was a 50 gun sailing frigate of the United States Navy. Cumberland began in the pages of a Congressional Act. Congress passed in 1816 An act for the gradual increase of the Navy of the United States. The act called for… … Wikipedia
USS Saratoga (1842) — USS Saratoga , a sloop of war, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of Saratoga of the American Revolutionary War. Her keel was laid down in the summer of 1841 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard. She was launched on 26 … Wikipedia
Seedies and Kroomen — were African sailors recruited locally into the British Royal Navy in the 19th and early 20th century.The Kroomen were experienced fishermen from the Kroo or Kru tribe in Sotta Krou, in what is now Liberia in West Africa. Because of their… … Wikipedia
Negro — n 1.Negroid, Black, black person, darkskinned person; Negrito, Papuan, Melanesian, Australian aborigine; Ethiopian, Moor, Bantu, Sudanese, Hottentot; Senegambian, Mandingo, Krooman, Pygmy, Zulu, Ibo, Nubian; Afro American, Afro European, Afro… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
