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Jean Lafitte_GTHC.png

Ben and Jesse runaways from Galveston 1837.png

Steamship Galveston slave manifest_GTHC_p1.pdf

Steamship Galveston slave manifest_GTHC_p1.pdf

800px-Engraving_of_Monroe_Edwards_from_the_frontispiece_of_Life_and_Adventures_of_the_Accomplished_Forger_and_Swindler,_Colonel_Monroe_Edwards.jpg
A portrait engraving of Monroe Edwards from the frontispiece of "Life and Adventures of the Accomplished Forger and Swindler, Colonel Monroe Edwards," published by H. Long & Brother in New York 1848.

Bill of Sale - May 13, 1865.pdf

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A report from the Convention of 1833 stating an official denunciation of the African slave trade.

Slave ordinance_Galveston City Directory 1859-60.jpg
This excerpt on Galveston's slave ordinances is printed on page 40 of the 1859-60 city directory.
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