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Nicholas Cooke

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Nicholas Cooke

Rhode Island governor (1717–1782)

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About Nicholas Cooke

Nicholas Cooke was an American politician, slave-trader, and ropemaker who served as the governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the American Revolutionary War, and after Rhode Island became a state, he continued in this position to become the first Governor of the State of Rhode Island. Born in the maritime town of Providence, he early in life followed the sea, eventually becoming a Captain of ships. This occupation led him to become a slave trader, becoming highly successful in this endeavor, and he ran a distillery and rope-making business as well. He is depicted as one of the affluent merchants in John Greenwood's satirical painting from the 1750s entitled Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam.

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Occupation: politician, governor
Position held: Governor of Rhode Island, colonial governor of Rhode Island
Citizenship: United States
Born: February 3, 1717
Died: September 14, 1782

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