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  2. Stranger in the Village - Wikipedia

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    The essay was originally published in Harper's Magazine, October 1953, [1] and later in his 1955 collection, Notes of a Native Son. In the summer of 1951, Baldwin almost suffered a breakdown, for which his partner, Lucien Happersberger, took him to an established Swiss health-resort in the Valais Alps, known as Leukerbad. [2]

  3. Casa Blanca, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Toward the end of the eighteenth century, the house was used as a mission. The Spanish crown granted the land to Juan José de la Garza Montemayor and his sons Agustín, Perfecto, and Manuel on April 2, 1807. They used the Casa Blanca as a ranchhouse. According to records, the land was occupied by their heirs until 1852.

  4. James Baldwin - Wikipedia

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    In 1949, Baldwin met and fell in love with Lucien Happersberger, a boy aged 17, though Happersberger's marriage three years later left Baldwin distraught. When the marriage ended, they later reconciled, with Happersberger staying by Baldwin's deathbed at his house in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. [212] Happersberger died on August 21, 2010, in Switzerland.

  5. List of African-American historic places in Texas - Wikipedia

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    This list of African American Historic Places in Texas is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.

  6. Old Slave Mart - Wikipedia

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    The building's auction table was 3 feet (0.91 m) high and 10 feet (3.0 m) long and stood just inside the arched doorway. [3] In addition to enslaved people, the market sold real estate and stock. [4] Slave auctions at Ryan's Mart were advertised in broadsheets throughout the 1850s, some appearing as far away as Galveston, Texas.

  7. Heritage Auctions - Wikipedia

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    Heritage Auctions is an American multi-national auction house based in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1976, Heritage is an auctioneer of numismatic collections, comics , fine art, books, luxury accessories, real estate, and memorabilia from film, music, history, and sports.

  8. Manfield and Sons - Wikipedia

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    The first shops operated by Manfield & Sons were called Cash & Co. According to the census of 1851, Manfield was a ‘patent shoe manufacturer employing 200 hands’. Between 1857 and 1859 company built a big warehouse on Campbell Square, Northampton with installed closing machinery, thus inaugurating the indoor factory system for boot and shoe ...

  9. Tarrytown, Austin, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The historic James M. and Leana B. Walsh House in Tarrytown. The land where Tarrytown currently exists was originally a 365 acres (1.48 km 2) estate known as Woodlawn, containing a mansion designed in 1853 by master builder Abner H. Cook (who also designed the Texas Governor's Mansion) for Texas State Comptroller, James Shaw.

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