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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.

SMW 1843 tax record.jpg
Galveston County tax records show Samuel May Williams owning and paying taxes on a varying number of enslaved people over more than a decade.

Captain Guy Richards Champlin, an American privateer, arrived at Galveston Bay in a captured prize ship named Patronille carrying 174 enslaved Africans. It is unclear who the ship belonged to or where its original destination was before Champlin…

Captain Guy Richards Champlin, an American privateer, arrived at Galveston Bay in a captured prize ship named L'Enriquita carrying 174 enslaved Africans. It is unclear who the ship belonged to or where its original destination was before Champlin…
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