“Integral to cotton farming was slavery, which Austin encouraged by granting settlers 80 acres of extra land for each slave they brought with them. “

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Prisoners were often stuffed into cells so narrow and cramped that many were smothered to death. The beatings were frequent, the mosquito-borne epidemics were rampant, and the annual mortality rate stood at an astounding 3%. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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