Louis D. DeSaussure
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Louis D. DeSaussure
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Louis Daniel DeSaussure, scion of a historic and wealthy South Carolina family, was the most important and prosperous slave broker in the city of Charleston in the years immediately preceding the American Civil War. After the military defeat of the Confederacy he worked as an investment broker, president of a phosphate-mining company, and director of a regional railroad. During Reconstruction he was an activist in support of Democratic South Carolina politicians such as Wade Hampton III.
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American slave trader (1824–1888)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_D._DeSaussure
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2023-10-25T05:47:48Z
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