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The 1783 census for all of Texas listed a total of 36 enslaved people. [8] There was intermarriage among blacks, Indians, and Europeans. In 1792 there were 34 blacks and 414 mulattos in Spanish Texas, some of whom were free men and women. This was 15 percent of the total 2,992 people living in Spanish Texas.
UTC−5 (CDT) Congressional district. 10th. Website. www.co.grimes.tx.us. Grimes County is a county located in southeastern Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 29,268. [1] The seat of the county is Anderson. [2] The county was formed from Montgomery County in 1846. [3]
87,445. The 1850 United States census was the seventh decennial United States Census Conducted by the Census Office, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 23,191,876—an increase of 35.9 percent over the 17,069,453 persons enumerated during the 1840 census. The total population included 3,204,313 enslaved people.
Navasota is a city primarily in Grimes County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,643 at the 2020 census. [4] In 2005, the Texas Legislature designated Navasota as the "Blues Capital of Texas" in honor of the late Mance Lipscomb, a Navasota native and blues musician. [5] Technically, a sliver of Navasota is in Brazos County, which is ...
Anderson. Includes State Historic Site, State Antiquities Landmarks, numerous Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks. 2. Foster House. Foster House. More images. September 8, 1980. (#80004123) E of Navasota on TX 90.
African Americans left Texas by the tens of thousands during the Great Migration in the first half of the 20th century, seeking work and political opportunities elsewhere. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, African Americans were 11.8% of the state's population which mirrors the national average of 12.1%.
On February 11, 1858, the Seventh Texas Legislature approved O.B. 102, an act to establish the University of Texas, which set aside $100,000 in United States bonds toward construction of the state's first publicly funded university [15] (the $100,000 was an allocation from the $10 million the state received pursuant to the Compromise of 1850 ...
The Texas Slavery Project is a digital history project created by Andrew J. Torget, currently Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Texas.It aims to explore the expansion of slavery between the years 1837 and 1845 in the lands in and around what would eventually become the state of Texas.