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Henry Laurens | |
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 1781 portrait of Laurens by Lemuel Francis Abbott | |
| President of the Continental Congress | |
| In office November 1, 1777 – December 9, 1778 | |
| Preceded by | John Hancock |
| Succeeded by | John Jay |
| Vice President of South Carolina | |
| In office March 26, 1776 – June 27, 1777 | |
| President | John Rutledge |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | James Parsons |
| President of the South Carolina Committee on Safety | |
| In office January 9, 1775 – March 26, 1776 | |
| Preceded by | Lord William Campbell As governor of South Carolina |
| Succeeded by | John Rutledge As president of South Carolina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 6, 1724 Charles Town, South Carolina |
| Died | December 8, 1792 (aged 68) Charleston, South Carolina |
| Spouse | Eleanor Delamere Ball Laurens (m. 1750; d. 1770) |
| Children | 13 or more, including John Laurens, Martha Laurens Ramsay, Henry Laurens, Jr., and Mary Eleanor Laurens Pinckney |
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Henry Laurens (March 6, 1724 [O.S. February 24, 1723] – December 8, 1792) was an American Founding Father,[1][2][3] merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. A delegate to the Second Continental Congress, Laurens succeeded John Hancock as its president. He was a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and, as president, presided over its passage.
Laurens had earned great wealth as a partner in the largest slave-trading house in North America, Austin and Laurens. In the 1750s alone, this Charleston firm oversaw the sale of more than 8,000 enslaved Africans.[4] Laurens served for a time as vice president of South Carolina and as the United States minister to the Dutch Republic during the Revolutionary War. He was captured at sea by the British and imprisoned for a little more than a year in the Tower of London. His oldest son, John Laurens, was an aide-de-camp to George Washington and a colonel in the Continental Army.
- ^ Kelly, Joseph P. (April 2006). "Henry Laurens: The Southern Man of Conscience in History". The South Carolina Historical Magazine. 107 (2): 82–123. JSTOR 27570804. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ Brammer, Robert (13 May 2020). "Henry Laurens, the Founding Father Who Was Imprisoned in the Tower of London". loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ Neville, Gabriel (1 August 2019). "The Tragedy of Henry Laurens". allthingsliberty.com. Journal of the American Revolution. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ "Slavery and Justice: Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice" (PDF). Brown University. October 2006.