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From slave trader to American icon: Jim Bowie's unlikely rise

James 'Jim' Bowie became an American hero after dying at the Alamo despite a lifetime as a frontiersman, land speculator, slave trader, and militia officer.

fromHarvard Gazette

3 weeks ago

Horrific massacre that fueled drive to end slave trade - Harvard Gazette

Newly appointed captain Robert Stubbs had wagered that he could reach Jamaica in time. The stakes included the lives of everyone on board the Zorg, the profit of the venture, and the futures of men like the incapacitated captain and physician Luke Collingwood, deposed navigator James Kelsall, and Stubbs himself. Stubbs prudently followed the strong northwest trade winds toward his destination. Laughing gulls and tricolored herons accompanied the ship as it glided over the balmy Caribbean waters.

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4 months ago

Plaques on slave trader statues reveal wrongdoings

This project reflects a commitment to historical accountability for its role in the transatlantic trade in enslaved African people, revealing the enormous wrongdoings of the past.

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From slave trader to American icon: Jim Bowie's unlikely rise

Horrific massacre that fueled drive to end slave trade - Harvard Gazette

Plaques on slave trader statues reveal wrongdoings

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