Leader of an 1878 labor riot on St. Croix
Mary Thomas |
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 Queen Mary Thomas, depicted wielding a torch and cane knife, in Charles E. Taylor's "Leaflets from the Danish West Indies" (1888) |
Born | 1848
Antigua |
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Died | 1905(1905-00-00) (aged 56–57) |
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Known for | led 1878 St. Croix labor riot |
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Mary Thomas, known as Queen Mary, (ca. 1848–1905) was one of the leaders of the 1878 "Fireburn" labor riot, or uprising, on the island of St. Croix in the Danish West Indies.