West Florida
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The West Florida Expedition was an attempt by New Englanders to expand the institution of slavery into the Mississippi Delta and to build wealth on the backs of enslaved people.
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Phineas Lyman’s efforts on behalf of the Company of Military Adventurers were so exhaustive that even Benjamin Franklin took notice.
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The Proclamation of 1763 outlined West Florida on paper. Who it was that actually occupied the land, though, was a different matter.
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This is the story of a group of New Englanders who sought their fortune in the West and lost it all along the way.
The Sketch Book of Nick DeLuca 