Southern filibusters collection, 1851-1914 (bulk 1851-1858).

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Southern filibusters collection, 1851-1914 (bulk 1851-1858).

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Collection comprises miscellaneous manuscript and printed items pertaining to the activities of southern expansionists in Latin America. Also known as southern filibusters, the expansionists hoped to bolster southern power and influence by acquiring Baja California, parts of Nicaragua, and Cuba as U.S. territories where slavery and the slave economy could be perpetuated. The collection includes a letter, dated 1855, to the editors of the Picayune by William Perkins, who describes life and the political situation in Greytown (also known as San Juan del Norte), a Nicaraguan city briefly controlled by William Walker, a filibuster who installed himself as president of Nicaragua before being ousted by U.S. troops; an anonymously written handwritten article describing a dangerous filibustering expedition to Cuba; several printed speeches on U.S. neutrality and slavery in U.S. territories by John A. Quitman, governor of Mississippi and later U.S. congressman, who was charged with violations of neutrality law for his efforts to assist filibustering operations in Cuba; and another printed speech by Pierre Soulé, a U.S. senator from Louisiana, arguing against President Franklin Pierce's policy of non-intervention in Caribbean affairs. Also included in the collection are issues of newspapers containing articles pertaining to filibustering in Cuba and Central America. They include an issue of El Independiente, the organ of a Cuban expatriate community in New Orleans, La., that supported U.S. filibustering efforts on the island; an issue of El Nicaragüense, an English language newspaper dating from the time of William Walker's rule; and an issue of the Central American, a newspaper based in Greytown, Nicaragua, during the period of American control. Some documents are in Spanish.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Soulé, Pierre, 1801-1870

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Pierre Soule was a New Orleans attorney, United States senator from Louisiana, and United States foreign minister to Spain (1854-1855). From the description of Pierre Soule papers, 1850-1901 (bulk 1850-1864). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 122520192 American jurist and politician. From the description of Franked envelope : [n.p.], to Mr. Bowles in Middletown, MD, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270664813 From the description of ...

Walker, William, 1824-1860

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William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Latin America, with the intention of establishing English-speaking colonies under his personal control, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua in 1856 and ruled until 1857,[1] when he was defeated by a coalition of Central American armies. He returned in an attempt to ...

Quitman, John Anthony, 1798-1858

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Army officer, governor, public official, and U.S. representative of Mississippi. From the description of Certificate and letter of John Anthony Quitman, 1850-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449461 John Anthony Quitman moved from Ohio to Natchez, Miss., in 1821, where he practiced law. He was a member of the State house of representatives (1826-1827), chancellor of the State (1828-1835), member and president of the State senate (1835-1836), acting governor of Mississip...

Perkins, William, 1827-1893

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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869

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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853-1857). Prior to his presidency he served in both the House of Representatives (1833-1837) and the Senate (1837-1842) as a legislator from New Hampshire. Although a Northerner, he sympathized with the Southern cause during the American Civil War and was good friends with Jefferson Davis....