Tortola
Americannoun
noun
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Whistling Cay has a guardhouse that colonial-era officials used to scan waters for slaves escaping from St. John to the nearby island of Tortola.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024
Unemployed, with a wife and kids to support, Rosbach spotted an ad at the dive shop for a mate to help deliver a boat to Tortola — no experience necessary.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2022
After a career as a consultant for the maritime industry all over the world, Ebers bought his French-made catamaran in Tortola and sailed across the Caribbean to Panama.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022
Alcogal provided a registered office for Milrun on the largest of the BVI islands, Tortola, and supplied staff members to act as the company's official directors.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2021
In 1665 Captain John Wentworth made a descent upon the island of Tortola and brought off about ninety slaves, the property of the Governor of the place.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 by Various
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