Aaron Burr Charged – Today In Southern History
10 January 1807
On this date in 1807…
US President Thomas Jefferson charged former Vice-President Aaron Burr with treason for invading Louisiana with northern volunteers and attempting to incite a war with Spain in a plan to steal a large portion of land in the newly purchased Louisiana Territory and eventually conquer Texas.
Other Years:
1811 – Slaves revolted in two Louisiana parishes.
1843 – Frank James was born in Clay County, Missouri.
1861 – North Carolina citizens seized Fort Caswell near Wilmington.
1861 – Louisiana state troops seized the federal arsenal and barracks at Baton Rouge.
1861 – Mississippi seized federal forts & property.
1861 – Florida formally recalled its delegated rights and seceded from the Union.
1870 – Georgia’s legislature reconvened.
1901 – The great gusher erupted from the oil well being drilled by mining engineer, Capt. A. F. Lucas at Spindletop, near Beaumont, Texas ushering in the Texas Oil Boom.
1967 – Lester Maddox was inaugurated as governor of Georgia.
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