Description
The slave population of Texas is increasing rapidly. Beside the large numbers brought overland from the older States, 2,692 who came by water from New Orleans have been registered during the last 3 months at the port of Galveston alone.
(Researcher’s note: Several news articles in this collection dating between 1858 to 1861 indicate that Platte County enslavers were taking their slaves to Texas to avoid emancipation, prevent their escape or advancing Union troops. Enslavers named in those new articles include James Randolph Duncan, Edward P. Duncan, Ann and Oscar Holland, David Ellington, Pleasant Ellington, Polly Hunn, Solomon Langdon Leonard, Mike Allgaires / Allgair, James T. Darnall, and James Robinson.)Date(s) of Creation
4/26/1860
