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|name=John Edward West Thompson

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|birth_date=December 16, 1860

|birth_date=1855 or December 16, 1860

|birth_place=Brooklyn, New York

|birth_place=Brooklyn, New York

|death_date=October 6, 1918

|death_date=October 6, 1918  

|death_place=Bridgeport, Connecticut  

|death_place=Bridgeport, Connecticut  

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|succeeded=[[Frederick Douglass]]

|succeeded=[[Frederick Douglass]]

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'''John Edward West Thompson''' (1860 - 1918) was the United States Minister Resident to Haiti from 1885 until he was succeeded by abolitionist [[Frederick Douglass]]

'''John Edward West Thompson''' (1855/1860 - 1918) was the United States Minister Resident to Haiti from 1885 until he was succeeded by abolitionist [[Frederick Douglass]]

== Early Life ==

== Early Life ==

Thompson was born on December 16, 1860, His parents were immigrants to New York City from Haiti

Thompson was born on December 16, 1860, His parents were immigrants to New York City from Haiti