" The slave trade was abolished. So they couldn’t sell them out of the country. They couldn’t take them to new territories."
This is where folks like the Lafitte bros and Jim Bowie were making a killing in the illegal slave trade. The would bring them into the port of Galveston, bribe a few local officials, and in turn smuggle them back into US territory in Louisiana. They weren’t the only ones involved in the activity.
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Btw, the Lafitte boys were also In the pay of the Spanish intelligence service. Just like US General Wilkenson!
Last edited by kaywoodie; 07/22/19.
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