Author: Historical Records Survey (U.S.). TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Inventory of the County Archives of Texas
Author: Historical Records Survey (U.S.). TexasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Inventory of the County Archives of Texas
Author: Historical Records Survey (Tex.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Slavery and Freedom in Texas
Author: Jason A. GillmerPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820351636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In these absorbing accounts of five court cases, Jason A. Gillmer offers intimate glimpses into Texas society in the time of slavery. Each story unfolds along boundaries--between men and women, slave and free, black and white, rich and poor, old and young--as rigid social orders are upset in ways that drive people into the courtroom. One case involves a settler in a rural county along the Colorado River, his thirty-year relationship with an enslaved woman, and the claims of their children as heirs. A case in East Texas arose after an owner refused to pay an overseer who had shot one of her slaves. Another case details how a free family of color carved out a life in the sparsely populated marshland of Southeast Texas, only to lose it all as waves of new settlers "civilized" the county. An enslaved woman in Galveston who was set free in her owner's will--and who got an uncommon level of support from her attorneys--is the subject of another case. In a Central Texas community, as another case recounts, citizens forced a Choctaw native into court in an effort to gain freedom for his slave, a woman who easily "passed" as white. The cases considered here include Gaines v. Thomas, Clark v. Honey, Brady v. Price, and Webster v. Heard. All of them pitted communal attitudes and values against the exigencies of daily life in an often harsh place. Here are real people in their own words, as gathered from trial records, various legal documents, and many other sources. People of many colors, from diverse backgrounds, weave their way in and out of the narratives. We come to know what mattered most to them--and where those personal concerns stood before the law.
Library Catalog
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Catalog of Government Publications in the Research Libraries
Author: New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
A History of Jefferson County, Texas, from Wilderness to Reconstruction
Author: William Theo BlockPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : County (Tex.)
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Library Accessions
Author: United States. Federal Works Agency. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
Cracker Barrel Chronicles
Author: John Holmes JenkinsPublisher: Austin, Tex. : Pemberton Press
ISBN:
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
A bibliography of Texas Town and County histories.
Genealogical & Local History Books in Print
Author: Heart of Texas Records
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Registers of births, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description