drak0bsidian OP t1_jdd8pb4 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:48 PM

Reply to comment by Accomplished_Job_225 in TIL of the Pig War, a border dispute between the US and the UK, around Vancouver Island (present-day Canada) and Washington State. The only casualty was a pig, owned by an Irish farmer, which was shot by an American farmer for eating his potatoes. Both countries deployed military troops. by drak0bsidian

No worries. Figured you misread. And to your point, while he was born in a Dutch colony in South America, it became British shortly after.

Accomplished_Job_225 t1_jdda9w2 wrote on March 23, 2023 at 3:58 PM

I must have misread it somewhere as to the ownership of the pig and the level of offense the British governor took [though, knowing the British style of governance, it shouldn't be a surprise they would threaten war on behalf of a subject like the had just done / were doing in the opium wars against China].

Ooh I hadn't even considered the transfer of sovereignty. I wonder if the transfer of the Guyana area to Britain affected Douglas' life or decision to move to the opposite side of the continent.