Browse Items · Facing the Gulf: Learning Stories of Slavery in Galveston, 1816-1865

Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico, the West Indies and Central America, with part of New Granada and Venezuela

Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 23, 1840 Page: 4 of 4

Galveston, Central Wharf, 1855

"Galveston as seen from the main mast of a ship at Central Wharf, October 1855."

Thomas F. McKinney to Samuel May Williams. 2 June 1834

Letter from Thomas F. McKinney in Velasco, Texas, regarding supplies needed for the business, and special ordered for Jared and Leonard Groce and W.H. Wharton.

The Semi-Weekly Journal. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 14, 1850

Two advertisements in a May 14, 1850 issue of The Semi-Weekly Journal for then-upcoming auctions of enslaved people on the Strand.

The Semi-Weekly Journal. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 14, 1850

The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 13, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 22, 1851

Advertisement for the sale of enslaved people in Galveston newspaper.

Mexico wins its independence from Spain

The Republic of Mexico bans sales and purchases of enslaved people.

Anglo settlers had been bring enslaved people with them as they came to settle in Stephen F. Austin's colony, but Mexico was opposed to the institution.

The Republic of Mexico bans the introduction of indentures servants and contract laborers since Anglo colonists were using indentured servitude as a loophole in the ban against slavery.

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