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Nassau Plantation: The evolution of a Texas-German slave plantation
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In the 1840s an organization of German noblemen, the Mainzner Adelsverein, attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the Texas frontier. Nassau Plantation, located near modern-day Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette County, was a significant part of this story. James C. Kearney has studied a wealth of original source material (much of it in German) to illuminate the history of the plantation and the larger goals and motivation of the Adelsverein. This new study highlights the problematic relationship of German emigrants to slavery. Few today realize that the society’s original colonization plan included ownership and operation of slave plantations. Ironically, the German settlements the society later established became hotbeds of anti-slavery and anti-secessionist sentiment. Several notable personalities graced the plantation, including Carl Prince of Solms-Braunfels, Johann Otto Freiherr von Meusebach, botanist F. Lindheimer, and the renowned naturalist Dr. Ferdinand Roemer. Dramatic events also occurred at the plantation, including a deadly shootout, a successful escape by two slaves (documented in an unprecedented way), and litigation over ownership that wound its way to both the Texas Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Date:
March 15, 2010
Creator:
Kearney, James C.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Slaves, Ships, and Citizenship: Congressional Response to the Coastwise Slave Trade and Status of Slaves on the High Seas, 1830-1842
Between 1830 and 1842, the United States coastwise slave trade raised several issues and provoked numerous debates in Congress. The purpose of this study is to determine the role of the coastwise slave trade and its effect upon attitudes toward slavery in Congress during this period. The primary sources used include official government documents, unpublished and published papers, correspondence, diaries, speeches, and memoirs. This study concludes that the issues raised by the coastwise slave trade crisis and debated in Congress between 1830 and 1842 contributed to the decline of southern dominance in national politics and provided abolitionists with a vital motivation of antislavery agitation in the United States Congress.
Date:
May 1975
Creator:
Green, Barbara Layenette, 1950-
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
From Slave to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston
This biography discusses the life of Joshua Houston starting at around twelve years of age until his death in 1902. The text includes commentary on the historical context of his life and anecdotal accounts. Index starts on page 259.
Date:
1993
Creator:
Prather, Patricia Smith, 1943- & Monday, Jane Clements, 1941-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Beyond the Hold: The Evolution of the Ship in African American Literature
In the wake of a disturbing decades-long trend in both print and visual media—the appropriation of Black history and culture—another trend is observed in works of African American fiction: the reclamation of the appropriated imagery, in both neo-slave narratives and works of Afrofuturism. The image focused on specifically in this paper is that of the ship, which I argue serves at least two identifiable functions in Black fiction: first, to address the historical treatment of Africans and their American descendants, and secondly, to demonstrate Black progress and potential. Through an exploration of three works of African American fiction, works that take their Black protagonists beyond the ship's dreadful hold, the reader can see the important themes being channeled: Charles Johnson's Middle Passage sets a course on how to arrive at true freedom, enacting a process of Black liberation that begins with learning how to survive "in the wake," a concept derived Christina Sharpe's work In the Wake: On Blackness and Being. Rivers Solomon's An Unkindness of Ghosts demonstrates not only the effects of "the hold," but how the hold itself has evolved from its origins on the slave ship; as new holds are constructed and demanded by society, rebellion is …
Date:
August 2022
Creator:
Najera, Joel Luis
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
University Oklahoman (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 7, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 14, 1913
Semiweekly student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes news and information of interest to the university community along with advertising.
Date:
October 14, 1913
Creator:
Christmas, Earl
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
University Oklahoman (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, February 27, 1914
Semiweekly student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes news and information of interest to the university community along with advertising.
Date:
February 27, 1914
Creator:
Christmas, Earl
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
University Oklahoman (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 3, 1914
Semiweekly student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes news and information of interest to the university community along with advertising.
Date:
March 3, 1914
Creator:
Christmas, Earl
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 3, Number 1, January 1993
The Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal contains historical information about Colorado County, Texas including personal accounts and research into area stories.
Date:
January 1993
Creator:
Nesbitt Memorial Library
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Yankee Doodle Christmas
Video of presentations by Dr. James J. Johnson and Thomas Jackson at the Dallas TXSSAR chapter's December 2018 monthly meeting. Dr. James J. Johnson discusses the origins of Christmas, traditions associated with the holiday from Colonial times to present-day, and important events that took place in December from 1773-1783. Thomas Jackson discusses plans for increasing membership within the TXSSAR, and highlights the organization's accomplishments. Jackson receives a certificate of appreciation and a NSAR 250th anniversary challenge coin. The induction of Gray Harrison is shown. Bill Watts conducts regular meeting discussions.
Date:
December 8, 2018
Creator:
Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Dallas Chapter 2
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Christmas performance with children angles]
Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during three separate events including a dance practice, the "Race, Voting Rights, Census and the 15th Amendment" dialogue, and primarily a Christmas performance with participants dressed in red. The footage has heavily distorted dialogue and audio.
Date:
[2000..2011]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[18th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert]
Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 18th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert event in 2010. This video features various holiday performances by youth and adults to celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. The video cuts at 1:17:29 to a news segment.
Date:
December 11, 2010
Creator:
Evans, Tracy
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[16th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert]
Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 16th Annual Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert event in 2008. This video features features students from 12 schools such as South Oak Cliff, Lincoln, Carter, Kimball, and Booker T. Washington high schools performing live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage.
Date:
2008-12-12/2008-12-13
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Program: A Christmas Carol: A Soulful Tale]
Program for the play "A Christmas Carol: A Soulful Tale," which was directed by Jiles R. King, Jr. and produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on December 19-20, 2008 at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre.
Date:
December 2008
Creator:
Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore
Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date:
1996
Creator:
Abernethy, Francis Edward
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Daniel Crowley, April 17, 2012
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Daniel Crowley. Crowley left school at 16, electing to go to work. In October, 1940, he joined the Army Air Corps. He describes his journey to the Philippines, where he landed in March, 1941. He was stationed at Nichols Field. Crowley recalls being shipped across Manila Bay to Bataan in Christmas Day and fighting the Japanese there until the US forces surrendered. Instead of surrendering, Crowley made it to Corregidor. Whe nCOrregidor was surrendered, Crowley was sent back to Manila and paraded through the streets with other Americans before being sent to Cabanatuan. From there, Crowley was sent to Palawan and, with others, was forced to build an airfield in the jungle. Before the massacre at Palawan, Crowley was sent back to Cabanatuan, then placed aboard a hell ship and sent to Japan, where he was forced to work in a copper mine.
Date:
April 17, 2012
Creator:
Crowley, Daniel
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Daniel Crowley, April 17, 2012
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Daniel Crowley. Crowley left school at 16, electing to go to work. In October, 1940, he joined the Army Air Corps. He describes his journey to the Philippines, where he landed in March, 1941. He was stationed at Nichols Field. Crowley recalls being shipped across Manila Bay to Bataan in Christmas Day and fighting the Japanese there until the US forces surrendered. Instead of surrendering, Crowley made it to Corregidor. Whe nCOrregidor was surrendered, Crowley was sent back to Manila and paraded through the streets with other Americans before being sent to Cabanatuan. From there, Crowley was sent to Palawan and, with others, was forced to build an airfield in the jungle. Before the massacre at Palawan, Crowley was sent back to Cabanatuan, then placed aboard a hell ship and sent to Japan, where he was forced to work in a copper mine.
Date:
April 17, 2012
Creator:
Crowley, Daniel
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tone the Bell Easy
Volume of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folktales about witches, superstitions, slavery, folk cures, folk songs and other legends. The index begins on page 190.
Date:
1932
Creator:
Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill Ingram, March 1, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Ingram. Ingram was born in Springfield, Illinois on 13 June 1924. He joined the US Navy in 1941 and after completion of boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station he traveled to California where he was assigned to the USS Houston (CA-30), boarding the ship in Darwin, Australia. He describes his battle station as loader of an 8 inch forward gun and the procedures involved in loading of the gun. He tells of the 28 February 1942 attack on the ship by Japanese forces and the sinking of the Houston. After spending two days in the water he was picked up by the enemy and following questioning he was thrown back into the water. Later, he was picked out of the water and taken to Java. He describes the questioning procedure of the Japanese and the physical abuse he endured. Ingram was then moved from Batavia, Java to Burma to work on the Thai-Burma Railroad and describes the extensive manual labor required, the starving conditions, lack of adequate medical attention and inhumane treatment by the captors. He relates the painful experience of developing dysentery, malaria …
Date:
March 1, 2002
Creator:
Ingram, Bill
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bill Ingram, March 1, 2002
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bill Ingram. Ingram was born in Springfield, Illinois on 13 June 1924. He joined the US Navy in 1941 and after completion of boot camp at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station he traveled to California where he was assigned to the USS Houston (CA-30), boarding the ship in Darwin, Australia. He describes his battle station as loader of an 8 inch forward gun and the procedures involved in loading of the gun. He tells of the 28 February 1942 attack on the ship by Japanese forces and the sinking of the Houston. After spending two days in the water he was picked up by the enemy and following questioning he was thrown back into the water. Later, he was picked out of the water and taken to Java. He describes the questioning procedure of the Japanese and the physical abuse he endured. Ingram was then moved from Batavia, Java to Burma to work on the Thai-Burma Railroad and describes the extensive manual labor required, the starving conditions, lack of adequate medical attention and inhumane treatment by the captors. He relates the painful experience of developing dysentery, malaria …
Date:
March 1, 2002
Creator:
Ingram, Bill
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Inner Visions: Slavery]
Video footage was provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The video footage opens with the history of Texas as a slave-holding state and its role as a Confederacy state. The video transitions into a performance by Freddie King, who is singing the blues and the celebration of June 19th, or Juneteenth. At the 16:58 minute mark the first segments of the video cuts to black. At the 17:00 minute mark introduces an Inner Visions television segment with actress Beah Richards. At the 30:00 minute mark, Beah Richards performs "A Black Woman Speaks."
Date:
May 2, 1974
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bass Reeves: a History • a Novel • a Crusade, Volume 1: the Rise
This literary/historical novel details the life of African-American Deputy US Marshal Bass Reeves between the years 1838-1862 and 1883-1884. One plotline depicts Reeves’s youth as a slave, including his service as a body servant to a Confederate cavalry officer during the Civil War. Another plotline depicts him years later, after Emancipation, at the height of his deputy career, when he has become the most feared, most successful lawman in Indian Territory, the largest federal jurisdiction in American history and the most dangerous part of the Old West. A preface explores the uniqueness of this project’s historical relevance and literary positioning as a neo-slave narrative, and addresses a few liberties that I take with the historical record.
Date:
August 2015
Creator:
Thompson, Sidney, 1965-
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957
The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 587.
Date:
1957
Creator:
Texas State Historical Association
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Glenn McDole, September 21, 2008
Transcript of an oral interview with Glenn McDole. McDole begins with some anecdotes about homesteading in Nebraska with his parents and siblings in the 1930s. In 1940, after finishing high school, McDole enlisted in the Marine Corps. He trained in San Diego and then shipped out to the Philippines aboard the USS Chaumont (AP-5). When he arrived in the Philippines, McDole was assigned to a security detachment at Cavite Navy Yard. McDole describes his experiences during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. He ended up on Corregidor manning a machine gun and was present for the surrender. McDole describes being taken back to Manila by the Japanese before being transported to the POW camp at Cabanatuan. After a while, McDole went to Palawan with a large group of POWs to build an airstrip. He also relates the story about when his appendix ruptured while a prisoner of war, the surgery and his recovery.
Date:
September 21, 2008
Creator:
McDole, Glenn
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Glenn McDole, September 21, 2008
Transcript of an oral interview with Glenn McDole. McDole begins with some anecdotes about homesteading in Nebraska with his parents and siblings in the 1930s. In 1940, after finishing high school, McDole enlisted in the Marine Corps. He trained in San Diego and then shipped out to the Philippines aboard the USS Chaumont (AP-5). When he arrived in the Philippines, McDole was assigned to a security detachment at Cavite Navy Yard. McDole describes his experiences during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. He ended up on Corregidor manning a machine gun and was present for the surrender. McDole describes being taken back to Manila by the Japanese before being transported to the POW camp at Cabanatuan. After a while, McDole went to Palawan with a large group of POWs to build an airstrip. He also relates the story about when his appendix ruptured while a prisoner of war, the surgery and his recovery.
Date:
September 21, 2008
Creator:
McDole, Glenn
Object Type:
Sound
System:
The Portal to Texas History