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Part One: Jim Bowie: The Worst Texan

Behind the Bastards

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Jim Bui Was a Hunter and a Shrewd Man

James boi was a cunning man and good at surviving but also clearly not against horrific cruelty. He used his own elbow greased and the uncompensated labor of four enslaved people to turn land into valuable property he would eventually sell it for significantly more than he paid for it. His open frank manner and even temper attracted others to him they called him "james boi" when enraged james boi became entirely single-minded in his determination to vent his anger on a foe. After two years living this way he'd saved up three hundred dollars to use as a down payment on the land he'd been squatting on and had enough left over from that nest egg after he

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