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William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of " manifest destiny ", Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing colonies.
Sep 8, 2024 · William Walker (born May 8, 1824, Nashville, Tenn., U.S.—died Sept. 12, 1860, Trujillo, Honduras) was an adventurer, filibuster, and revolutionary leader who succeeded in making himself president of Nicaragua (1856–57).
Feb 25, 2019 · Walker would become the most successful of the 19th-century filibusters, one of hundreds of intrepid Americans who set out with little more than weapons and ambition to conquer territory in...
Feb 2, 2022 · Before being executed in 1860 for his misadventures, William Walker, known as a 'filibuster,' raised a private army and briefly installed himself as the president of Nicaragua.
The Filibuster War or Walker affair was a military conflict between filibustering multinational troops stationed in Nicaragua and a coalition of Central American armies. An American mercenary, William Walker, and his small private army were invited to Nicaragua in 1855. He seized control of the country by 1856, but was ousted the ...
Mar 4, 2010 · William Walker resolved to establish himself as the preeminent filibuster of his era, and for a brief span (1853–60), he was indomitable in his quest.
William Walker, the greatest of American filibusters, was another visionary adventurer, imbued with the desire of founding a colony in Mexico, near the American border. His aim, however, was to obtain the independence of Sonora and Baja California for the ultimate annexation to the United States, and for the extension of slave territory so as ...
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May 23, 2018 · William Walker (1824-1860) was a United States adventurer and filibuster in Central America. His armed intervention in Nicaragua gave liberals temporary advantage in their internal war with conservatives and inflamed the slavery controversy in the United States.
May 1, 1977 · Lamenting that the once widely followed adventurer, William Walker (1824-1860) of Tennessee, has faded into historical obscurity in his own country, in contrast to his enduring notoriety in Central America, the author’s apparent objective is to reintroduce Walker to the North American public.
The most famous American filibuster, Walker conquered Nicaragua in 1855–1856. His various expeditions to Mexico and Central America from 1853 to 1860 fostered anti-Americanism in the region.
