Henry Laurens
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 233 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 6,1724 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Charleston |
| South Carolina | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | December 8,1792 |
| Died | Charleston |
| South Carolina | |
| United States | |
| Previous office | President of the Continental Congress (1777–1778) |
| Place of burial | South Carolina, United States |
| Children | John Laurens |
| Martha Laurens Ramsay | |
| James Laurens | |
| Mary Eleanor Laurens Pinckney | |
| Henry Laurens, Jr. | |
| Cremation | Mepkin Abbey, South Carolina, United States |
| Grandchildren | Frances Eleanor Laurens |
| John Ball Laurens | |
| Edward Rutledge Laurens | |
| Previous position | President of the United States in Congress Assembled (1777–1778) |
| Great grandchild | Caroline Laurens Maffitt |
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| ID | 700473 |
Henry Laurens Life story
Henry Laurens was an American Founding Father, merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War. A delegate to the Second Continental Congress, Laurens succeeded John Hancock as its president.