Brief Life History of Ely
When Ely Northup was born in 1807, in Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Thomas Northup, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Gardner, was 35.
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
Name Meaning
English (Cambridgeshire): perhaps for someone who lived ‘north up (in the village)’, from Middle English north + up, or a variant of Northrop with dissimilation of the sequence r...r. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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