E.H. Cushing, editor for Houston's Weekly Telegraph newspaper, urges readers to send enslaved laborers to Galveston to assist in building fortifications.
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Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels Filed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 1807–1860. NARA microfilm publication M1895, 30 rolls. Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. National Archives, Washington, D.C.