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William H. Leake 1855 - 1857

William H. Leake was born on January 15, 1855 in New York United States to Henry Fordham Leake and Harriet Louise Cornwall, and had siblings George W. Leake, Harriet L. Leake, Helen Leake, Henry Fordham Leake Jr., Minnie Leake, Jennie F. Leake, Albert J. Leake, Edward F. Leake, and Florence G. Leake. William Leake died at age 2 years old on July 7, 1857.

William H. Leake
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January 15, 1855
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In 1855, in the year that William H. Leake was born, on March 3rd, Congress appropriated $30,000 to create the U.S. Camel Corps. The idea was to use camels as pack animals in the Southwest and 34 camels were bought. But the Army wasn't enthusiastic about the idea and after the Civil War the Camel Corps was entirely abandoned.
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In 1857, in the year of William H. Leake's passing, on March 2nd, the largest slave auction in US history was begun. Called "The Weeping Time", the auction lasted 2 days. Slave owner Pierce M. Butler - who had inherited the slaves 20 years before but was now deeply in debt - sold 436 men, women, children, and infants, all of whom were kept in stalls at a racetrack in Savannah, Georgia. The people were held for weeks before the auction in the horse stalls.
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Leake, John (Mar 22, 1880 - Aug 1970) Leake, Carrie (Apr 15, 1910 - Oct 22, 1996) Leake, Augusta (Nov 26, 1893 - Jul 1970) Leake, Howard (Oct 22, 1905 - Mar 1979) Leake, Nicholas (Jun 8, 1998 - Dec 30, 2000) Leake, Frank (Aug 24, 1918 - Feb 1977) Leake, Howard (Jun 17, 1913 - Aug 16, 1989) Leake, Frank (Jul 25, 1877 - Oct 1972) Leake, Ruth (Sep 20, 1926 - Jun 12, 1996) Leake, Frances (Jul 9, 1895 - May 1986)
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