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Abolitionism in the United States; Slavery in the colonial history of the US; Revolutionary War; Antebellum period; Slavery and military history during the Civil War; Reconstruction era. Politicians; Juneteenth; Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) Civil rights movement (1954–1968) Black power movement; Post–civil ...
This is a list of slave traders operating within the present-day boundaries of Texas before 1865, including the eras of Spanish Texas (before 1821), Mexican Texas (1821–1836), the Republic of Texas (1836–1846), and antebellum U.S. and Confederate Texas (1846–1865). Tom Banks, Richmond and Texas [1] Daniel Berry, Tennessee and Texas [2]
Alonzo, Armando C. Tejano Legacy: Rancheros and Settlers in South Texas, 1734–1900 (1998) Barr, Alwyn. Black Texans: A History of African Americans in Texas, 1528–1995 (1996) online; Barr, Alwyn. Black cowboys of Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 2000) online. Barr, Alwyn. "Black Urban Churches on the Southern Frontier, 1865-1900."
"Uncle Dick and Aunt Angie, Davilla, Texas, slaves of Jack's grandparents" (DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University) The history of slavery in Texas began slowly at first during the first few phases in Texas' history. Texas was a colonial territory, then part of Mexico, later Republic in 1836, and U.S. state in 1845.
It was created by three life-long abolitionists, Robert Dale Owen, James McKaye and Samuel Gridley, who visited the south and gathered testimony from Blacks and Whites, authoring two joint reports and many accounts of individual observations. [9]
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In 1961, Bishop College, a black college in Marshall, moved to Dallas but closed in 1988. [25] In the late 1940s, Texas Vocational school provided black World War II veterans vocational courses. [25] The University of Texas at Arlington leads Texas in awarding the most bachelor's and master's degrees to African-Americans. [31]
The Black Abolitionist Papers: Volume II: Canada, 18830–1865 (1985) online; Ripley, C. Peter, ed. The Black Abolitionist Papers. Volume III: The United States, 1830-1846 (1991) The Black Abolitionist Papers, Volume IV: The United States, 1847-1858 (1991) The Black Abolitionist Papers, Volume V: The United States, 1859-1865 (1992)