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Title
113 enslaved Africans disembark at Galveston from the L'Enriquita.
Description
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 captured it.
Source
Robbins, Fred (1971) "The Origin and Development of the African Slave Trade in Galveston, Texas, and Surrounding Areas from 1816 to 1836," East Texas Historical Journal: Vol. 9: Iss. 2, 155.
Date
1817-04-01/1817-04-30
Type
Event Record
Coverage
Galveston