Tortola
Americannoun
noun
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Meanwhile, Tortola is part of the British Virgin Islands, which abolished slavery in 1834.
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
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
A few of our crew — six adults and three kids — had popped a Dramamine for the two-hour sail from Tortola to Virgin Gorda.
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2018
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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