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Title
300 enslaved Africans set adrift in the Gulf of Mexico by Louis de Aury.
Description
After failing to establish a privateer government in Matagorda, Louis de Aury returned to Galveston in the summer of 1817. One of the vessels he returned to Galveston with was carrying an estimated 300 enslaved Africans who were in a "fever-ridden state." Fred Robbins writes, "This vessel was set adrift in the Gulf off Galveston for fear that the fever might spread to the pirates." It is unclear whether this large group of enslaved people were ever retrieved from the Gulf and brought ashore to Galveston.
Source
Fred Robbins, "The Origin and Development of the African Slave Trade in Galveston, Texas, and Surrounding Areas from 1816 to 1836," East Texas Historical Journal 9, no. 2 (1971) https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/ethj/vol9/iss2/7
Date
1817-06-01/1817-09-01
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After failing to establish a privateer government in Matagorda, Louis de Aury returned to Galveston in the summer of 1817. One of the vessels he returned to Galveston with was carrying an estimated 300 enslaved Africans who were in a "fever-ridden state." Fred Robbins writes, "This vessel was set adrift in the Gulf off Galveston for fear that the fever might spread to the pirates." It is unclear whether this large group of enslaved people were ever retrieved from the Gulf and brought ashore to Galveston.