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Under the auspices of the U.S. Marshals, 493 people, ranging from centenarian Old Sampson to 15-month-old Margarette, were to be sold from four plantations in Louisiana by auction at the St. Louis Exchange in New Orleans on Saturday, March 20, 1850 (The New Orleans Crescent, March 2, 1850, page 3); according to historian Damian Alan Pargas, there was a subsequent 1852 sale of property owned by ...
Pierce Mease Butler, whose slaves were sold in the auction, and his wife, Frances Kemble Butler, c. 1855 The Great Slave Auction (also called the Weeping Time [1]) was an auction of enslaved Americans of African descent held at Ten Broeck Race Course, near Savannah, Georgia, United States, on March 2 and 3, 1859.
Queensferry, also called South Queensferry or simply "The Ferry", is a town to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Traditionally a royal burgh of West Lothian , [ 3 ] it is now administered by the City of Edinburgh Council .
Queensferry may refer to several places: North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland; South Queensferry, Edinburgh, Scotland; Queensferry (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
Queensferry (Welsh: Queensferry, [2] sometimes Fferi Buddug or Fferi Isaf) is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, lying on the River Dee near the border. The community includes the village of Sandycroft. It is between Connah's Quay, Shotton and Saltney Ferry. Queensferry is also part of the wider Deeside conurbation.
Port Edgar is a marina on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, immediately west of the Forth Road Bridge and the town of South Queensferry, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally a naval base, HMS Lochinvar , [ 1 ] Port Edgar is now a busy marina with a sailing school and 300 berths.
Built for HMEF Queensferry, Deeside. [10] No. 760 [8] 2 ft (610 mm) Baguley: 0-4-0 PM: 1918 760 Sold to the Abbey Light Railway in 1998, moved to the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway. 10hp McEwan Pratt design built for the Timber Supply Department. Purchased by Rich Morris in 1965. [24] Oakeley [8] 2 ft (610 mm) Baguley: 0-4-0 PM: 1919 774
Queensferry, 10 miles (16 km) west, was named after Queen Margaret who crossed by ferry from there in 1070. [7] Traffic across the firth was regulated and taxed as early as 1467, and was historically centred on the route from Leith to Kinghorn. A ferry from Newhaven to Burntisland started in 1792. [6]
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