Filibusters
Adventurer who engages in a private rebellious activity in a foreign country
Jean Lafitte
smuggling operation in Spanish Texas
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Gutierrez-Magee
believe that the United States would not hinder the organization of the expedition against Texas
Magee led their "army," largely composed of adventurers
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Dr. James Long
led a group from Mississippi to Nacogdoches, where he declared Texas independent from SPAIN
led an unsuccessful expedition to seize control of Spanish Texas
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Philip Nolan
was a horse-trader and freebooter in Natchez, on the Mississippi River, and the Spanish province of Texas
spent in Texas on his mustanging expeditions he has become recognized as the first of a long line of filibusters
warned Nolan not to return to SPANISH land or be arrested