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341:(1916), "on August 28 a new decree was issued authorizing a loan of $ 500,000 for twenty years at six per cent, secured by one million acres of public lands. Messrs. M. Pilcher and S. F. Slatter of New Orleans were constituted agents for negotiating the loan, and arrangements were made for payment of the interest at the Bank of Louisiana. Pilcher and Slatter were also made agents for the sale of public lands in Nicaragua. The only bonds that Walker's government ever disposed of were sold through this agency."
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that was located about 20 miles (32 km) "below
Castillo" that was named for "a gentleman of New Orleans who had largely contributed to the filibuster cause." According to Brownlow of Knoxville, Slatter had personally invested $ 40,000 in the Nicaragua project, "and has been the friend of Walker
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wrote, "It is his intention, we understand, to stop at all the principal intermediate points long enough to kindle the fire of southern patriotism in each place, and we have no doubt the enthusiasm of colonel
Slatter will prove a valuable auxiliary to the cause of the General." In October 1857, the
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reported that "letters from
Mississippi state that officers are rapidly recruiting men for Walker's army, destined for Nicaragua. Col. Slatter, of New Orleans, is doing the financiering and talking for Gen. Walker, who expects to leave early in November."
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Slatter died in
Mississippi on July 5, 1861. He was unmarried at the time of his death. The informant on his New Orleans death certificate was his 18-year-old nephew Hope H. Slatter Jr. There is a record (index number 18263) of the
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requesting an update on the "Central
American question" and "of the ulterior objects to be forwarded" by "friends of the American movement in Nicaragua." According to the history
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When federal marshals arrested Walker in
November 1857, Soulé and "Col. Slatter" posted the $ 2,000 bond. Walker jumped bail. More than 30 years later, in 1890, Slatter's nephew
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Orleans trading site was on Moreau (later Chartres) and Esplanade circa 1840. This site was part of a cluster of slave-trading depots just east of the
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1041:"The Hidden History of Slave Trading in Antebellum South Carolina: John Springs III and Other "Gentlemen Dealing in Slaves""
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Manuscripts of Slavery Collection, Xavier University of Louisiana, Archives and Special Collections
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of the estate of
Shadrack F. Slatter in the Orleans parish archive. The estate was still being litigated as of 1873.
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sold a 25-year-old enslaved man named
Tildman who had been purchased by Slatter in Maryland. Tildman was sold for
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in later life, was a 19th-century American slave trader and capitalist. In the 1830s and 1840s he was part of the
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also traded at this site. At the time of the 1850 U.S. census, he was a resident of the
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reached a deal with the U.S. government to pay $ 300 to fulfill the guarantee.
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1032:"Filibusters and financiers: the story of William Walker and his associates"
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In February 1837, records show that Shadrack Fluwellen Slatter of Clinton,
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Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum
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was one of Slatter's customers. S. F. Slatter sold the "showroom" to
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Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954
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in 1858, Slatter was known as a "rich old bachelor" who owned "the
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At the time of the 1860 U.S. census, he was a resident of the
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109:(December 13, 1798 – July 5, 1861), usually listed as
606:"Mapping the Slave Trade in Richmond and New Orleans"
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Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market
689:"Entry for John E Caldwell and Thos Landrige, 1850"
344:There was a Fort Slatter used as a base during the
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735:"New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad"
333:In April 1856, Slatter signed an open letter to
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27:American slave trader and capitalist (1798–1861)
890:"The Lockridge Expedition: Further particulars"
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1185:People using the U.S. civilian title colonel
853:"Mr. Soule on the Central American Question"
710:"Parson Brownlow on Walker, Slatter, Soule"
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1073:"Baltimore Jail — Slatter's Slave-Prison"
655:. New York: Celadon Books. p. 138.
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1030:Scroggs, W. O. (William Oscar) (1916).
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554:"Bill of Sale for Male Slave (Tildman)"
552:Penn, Martin G.; Slatter, Shadrach F.,
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965:"Arrest of General William Walker"
498:"Slave Laws of Georgia, 1755–1860"
100:Slave trader, real estate investor
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231:in 1848. According to historian
194:, New Orleans, December 19, 1843
1180:Businesspeople from New Orleans
1175:History of slavery in Louisiana
971:. November 12, 1857. p. 2
384:List of American slave traders
137:and a selling location in the
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1128:. November 9, 1873. p. 2
1109:. January 6, 1867. p. 17
1008:. January 17, 1892. p. 1
834:. November 9, 1873. p. 2
531:. October 27, 1848. p. 3
479:. December 5, 1833. p. 1
208:St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
129:for S. F. Slatter to sell at
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763:1860 census via Ancestry.com
188:"130 Negroes, Just Arrived"
896:. April 24, 1857. p. 1
859:. April 26, 1856. p. 2
779:"Shadrack F. Slatter, 1861"
741:. April 19, 1859. p. 1
716:. April 15, 1858. p. 1
622:10.5749/buildland.20.2.0102
578:. March 25, 1841. p. 3
572:"$ 20 Reward - Edward Cook"
454:. March 10, 1832. p. 4
176:"Georgia Negroes for Sale"
92:S. F. Slatter, Col. Slatter
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921:. July 29, 1857. p. 2
693:United States Census, 1850
525:"Slave Trading in Georgia"
448:"Georgia Negroes for Sale"
339:Filibusters and Financiers
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1081:. Boston, Mass. p. 2
245:City Hotel in New Orleans
107:Shadrack Fluellen Slatter
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894:The New Orleans Crescent
785:– via FamilySearch
739:The New Orleans Crescent
714:White Cloud Kansas Chief
695:– via FamilySearch
163:Hamburg, South Carolina
125:, who bought slaves in
1165:History of New Orleans
1122:"Sixth District Court"
828:"Sixth District Court"
389:History of New Orleans
354:New Orleans True Delta
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1006:The Norfolk Virginian
1002:"An Interesting Case"
944:The Davenport Gazette
651:Shane, Scott (2023).
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311:Invasion of Nicaragua
274:Slatter lived at the
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200:Jones County, Georgia
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119:coastwise slave trade
1103:"Judicial Relations"
1098:in Baltimore in 1840
1094:visited the Slatter
940:"More Filibustering"
477:The Weekly Telegraph
452:The Weekly Telegraph
346:Lockridge Expedition
155:Old Clinton, Georgia
153:Slatter was born in
991:, pp. 321–322.
808:2027/wu.89080477268
505:georgiaarchives.org
221:and put on sale."
219:mid-Atlantic states
159:East Macon, Georgia
36:Shadrack F. Slatter
1200:American hoteliers
1126:The Times-Picayune
1107:The Times-Democrat
857:The Times-Picayune
832:The Times-Picayune
602:McInnis, Maurie D.
576:The Times-Picayune
529:Anti-Slavery Bugle
367:Hope H. Slatter II
359:Louisville Courier
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261:New Orleans Arcade
229:Walter L. Campbell
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919:The South-Western
662:978-1-250-84321-0
560:– via JSTOR
379:Appleton Oaksmith
327:The South-Western
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915:"Nicaragua"
292:US$ 120,000
288:US$ 500,000
139:Lower South
135:Upper South
131:New Orleans
1144:Categories
1132:2024-01-03
1113:2024-01-03
1096:slave jail
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395:References
305:succession
284:City Hotel
276:City Hotel
259:, and the
257:City Hotel
60:1798-12-13
638:160472953
630:1934-6832
434:923120203
204:US$ 1,100
149:Biography
127:Baltimore
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