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Bloody Ban Banastre Tarleton was born in Liverpool, England on august 21, 1754. Banastre was the third child in a family of seven. His father was a wealthy sea trader who made most of his money in sugar and slaves. When Banastre was 17 he went with his older brother to London, where he studied for a few months preparing to enter oxford. He eventually enrolled in Law school, but never developed as a student. When Banastre was 19, his father died leaving him an inheritance of 5000£. In less than a year he ran himself into serious debt gambling at on of London’s most popular establishments. The military offered a way out of his predicament. In April of 1775 he asked his mother to purchase a co