TITLE

THE ROMANCE OF SABINE LAKE, 1777-1846: SCENE OF SLAVING, SMUGGLING, STEAMBOATING, BORDER CONFLICT, AND COTTON COMMERCE UNDER THE TEXAS REPUBLIC

PUB. DATE

November 1973

SOURCE

Texas Gulf Historical & Biographical Record;Nov1973, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p9

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article discusses the history of Sabine Lake in Louisiana and Texas. The author comments on the presence of Attakapas Indians in the region and the discovery of Indian pottery in burial mounds. Maps of the region were created by ship captain George Gauld and explorer Don Jose de Evia. Disputes over territorial boundaries between Spain and the U.S. are noted. Privateer Luis de Aury drove Spanish ships from the lake and pirate Jean Lafitte illegally sold slaves along the Sabine River. Land grants along the lake were issued to settlers such as Hayden Edwards, John McGaffey and Bradley Garner. The lake became a focal point of slave smuggling and the cotton trade, which utilized steamboats to ship cotton along the lake.

ACCESSION #

40210222

 

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