Английская Википедия:Gilbert Robertson

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Gilbert Robertson (1794–1851) was a colonist and newspaper editor in Van Diemen's Land.

Life

He was the son of Gilbert Robertson (1774–1840), a planter with large possessions in Demerara, by his enslaved mistress;[1] or else the son of Gilbert's uncle, George Robertson (1756–1799).[2]

He was raised and educated by a wealthy male relative in Scotland, from whence he emigrated to Van Diemen's Land as a free settler in 1822. In 1828 he led the first 'roving party' of armed settlers tasked with capturing hostile aboriginals in the context of the so-called Black War.[1][3]

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Sources

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  1. 1,0 1,1 Pybus 2006.
  2. Legacies of British Slavery.
  3. Godfrey 2006 [1967].