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279W-3K5
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"pid": "279W-3K5",
"imageURL": "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGkAT0GQmr5TtLzzp684K0C0e_38K4mk6CwSiy_mm7fQhCfOZI0hc5MXEPLWgRIZQUvtxzWvM2GjjMP13OsauaRN_zl2qQUC-NCG6xcKd3BKSYD-Pj7LcDoCyNPrGNpLQD7N0PaaBldRIMIDvBXy7FXFgw0qf4GbMFCJgjz2xiAskcGWzBqwTVFJdVTs/s1600/279W-3K5.jpg",
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esek_Hopkins",
"name": "Esek Hopkins",
"gender": "Male",
"desc": "Esek Hopkins was an established Sea Captain and Brigadier General of Militia from Rhode Island who was named Commodore and Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy in 1776. He disregarded his instructions from Congress to take the fleet to cruise the Southern colonies, instead attacking British colonial holdings in the Caribbean in the Battle of Nassau. This act was Initially hailed as heroic, he was subsequently censured by Congress in August 1776, and was relieved of his command in January 1778."
}