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The duel between Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson took place on May 30, , near the Red River in Kentucky.
Joseph Erwin
American businessman (–)
Not to be confused with Andrew Erwin.
Joseph Erwin | |
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"Lands and Slaves for Sale" The Weekly Natchez Courier, August 31, | |
| Born | Guilford County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | ()April 14, Near Bayou Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, U.S. |
Joseph Erwin ( April 14, ) was an American racehorse owner, owner of cotton and sugar plantations, and a slave trader.
He is best known for the enmity between him and future U.S. president Andrew Jackson. Their conflict over their competing thoroughbred racehorses, Erwin's Ploughboy and Jackson's Truxton, led to the fatal duel between Jackson and Erwin's son-in-law Charles Dickinson.
Erwin moved to Louisiana where he owned as many as seven plantations and hundreds of slaves. He ended up heavily in debt. Erwin died by suicide in
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Joseph Erwin was born in in North Carolina and served as an officer in the American Revolutionary War, ending as a captain.