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Title
300 enslaved Africans sold by Louis de Aury
Description
Due to rising tensions between Aury and Mexican patriots like Herrera and Don Xavier Mina, Aury left Galveston in April 1817. Upon his departure, Aury sold 300 Africans whom he had seized from captured prize ships to three Mississippi men: Joseph Erwin, James Still, and Christopher Adams.
Date
1817-04-05
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Due to rising tensions between Aury and Mexican patriots like Herrera and Don Xavier Mina, Aury left Galveston in April 1817. Upon his departure, Aury sold 300 Africans whom he had seized from captured prize ships to three Mississippi men: Joseph Erwin, James Still, and Christopher Adams.