Old Three Hundred
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old-three-hundred-163-19117327
title:
Old Three Hundred
text:
The "Old Three Hundred" were 297 grantees who purchased 307 parcels of land from Stephen Fuller Austin in Mexican Texas. Each grantee was head of a household, or, in some cases, a partnership of unmarried men. Austin was an American approved in 1822 by Mexico as an empresario for this effort, after the nation had gained independence from Spain. By 1825 the colony had a population of 1,790, including 443 enslaved African Americans. Because the Americans believed they needed enslaved workers, Aust
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Group of settlers in the Republic of Texas
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Three_Hundred
date created:
2005-12-13T23:17:15Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T16:07:25Z
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fields total:
13
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