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  1. Texans Begin to Encourage the Spread of the Peculiar Institution
    date August 25, 1861map HARRIS, Texastags African-Americans, Agriculture, Slavery

    "My brother John D. Andrews of Houston, Texas, requests me to say to the people of Va, that he would like to exchange lands in Texas for Negroes," was the opening line of an August 25, 1861 sale notice drafted by Samuel Andrews of behalf of his brother, John Andrews, who resided in Houston, Texas. In the ad, Andrews discussed his willingness to negotiate with Virginians who wished to "send their...