1.3.02026-10-12Tilton, ThomasRådata1183209nameStatens museer för världskultur - Etnografiska museetSMVK-EMNamnhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/1183209- id -Thomas Tilton, värd å Union-Hotel, Jaluit 1884 när Vanadis kom förbi Marshallöarna.1812, Thomas "Black Town" Tilton was born in 1812. He was a runaway slave from Southern Delaware who shipped on a whaler as a cook and jumped ship at Samoa in the late 1850s. He was deported from Samoa for robbery and came to Jaluit in "Mary Ann" in 1875. He worked as a cook for Capelle. The following year, in July 1876, he moved to Arno with his wife and ran a store. When he antagonized the people of Arno, he was wounded and forced to flee for his life in 1877. He bought the "Lotus"., Hezel, Francis X. (1983). First Taint of Civilization: A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-colonial Days, 1521-1885 (Pacific islands monograph series ; no. 1) [Elektronisk resurs]. University of Hawaii Press, Erikson, Bo G. (2015). Kungen av Birka: Hjalmar Stolpe arkeolog och etnograf : en biografi. Stockholm: Atlantis, Vanadis världsomsegling (1883-1885), Vanadis - 08 Marshallöarnaimage/jpeghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/tn/4345507/Tilton%2C+Thomas.jpghttps://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-em/web/image/zoom/4345506/Tilton%2C+Thomas.jpghttp://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#pdmarkEkholm, OscarUtgången upphovsrätthttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/fotografi/2841197http://libris.kb.se/bib/14570631http://libris.kb.se/bib/17049383https://kulturnav.org/ad0e10b7-dea6-4ef9-942d-6c04899ed8c4http://kulturarvsdata.se/LSH/events/3554http://www.micsem.org/pubs/articles/historical/bcomber/marshalls.htmhttp://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/html/1183209http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/xml/1183209http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-EM/name/rdf/1183209