# Colonel Tye — WHE Definition Discussion

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**Created:** [February 13, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/colonel-tye-whe-definition-discussion/16402 "2024-02-13T17:01:42Z")\
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Colonel Tye (c. 1753-1780) was an African-American Loyalist leader who commanded one of the most effective guerilla forces of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Born into slavery, he escaped in 1775 and joined the British cause, leading a Loyalist militia known as the Black Brigade on raids against Patriot militias. He died in September 1780 of wounds sustained during a raid.

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**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/colonel-tye-whe-definition-discussion/16402/2 "2026-07-30T19:20:04Z")

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