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Importation of enslaved Africans was not widespread in Spanish Texas. In 1751, after three Frenchmen were found to have settled along the Trinity River to trade with the American Indians, the Spanish arrested and expelled them from the colony. [8] A 1777 census of San Antonio showed a total of 2,060 people, with 151 of African descent. [9]
The first Africans that lived in Texas were Afro-Mexicans when Texas was still a part of Mexico before the Mexican–American War. Enslaved Africans arrived in 1528 in Spanish Texas. [9] In 1792, there were 34 blacks and 414 mulattos in Spanish Texas. [10]
This bibliography of slavery in the United States is a guide to books documenting the history of slavery in the U.S., from its colonial origins in the 17th century through the adoption of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which officially abolished the practice in 1865. In addition, links are provided to related bibliographies and ...
Freed slaves began to locate to the Dallas area when slavery was abolished. [4] Freedmen's Cemetery was established in 1861. [5] The Hamilton Park neighborhood was one of the first suburbs in Texas built for African Americans in 1953. [6] In the mid-1800s, lynchings of African Americans took place in Dealey Plaza. [7]
While the Báb purchased several slaves, Bahá'u'lláh acquired his through inheritance and freed them. Bahá'u'lláh officially condemned slavery in 1874. Twenty-first century scholarship has found that the Báb credited one of the slaves of his elders as having raised him and compares him favorably with his own father. [142]
Pages in category "History of slavery in Texas" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520. While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18] This map is the earliest recorded document of Texas ...
The cabins first served as slave quarters, and were located northwest of the Jordan House. [4] It is believed that by 1860, Jordan's plantation had more than 130 slaves that had worked there and some had been born in Africa. [9] The cabins were used by workers until 1887, when they were abandoned. [9]