From Slave to Statesman : : the legacy of Joshua Houston, servant to Sam Houston / / Patricia Smith Prather, Jane Clements Monday.
This is the story of the "other" Houston, Joshua, the slave of Margaret Lea until she married Sam Houston and moved to Texas in 1840. Joshua was unique among slaves: he was taught to read and write, and was allowed to keep money he earned. The story is set in a background of historical det...
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Place / Publishing House: | Denton, Texas : : University of North Texas Press,, 1995. |
Year of Publication: | 1995 |
Language: | English No linguistic content |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) :; illustrations |
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520 | |a This is the story of the "other" Houston, Joshua, the slave of Margaret Lea until she married Sam Houston and moved to Texas in 1840. Joshua was unique among slaves: he was taught to read and write, and was allowed to keep money he earned. The story is set in a background of historical details about southern social history before, during, and after the Civil War. Sources include slave autobiographies and biographies; Houston family letters; oral histories of descendants of both Houston families; birth, marriage and death records; land records and deeds; church and school records. | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-258) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- 18221845 Sometime I Feel Like a Motherless Child -- 18451859 Nobody Knows the Trouble Ive Seen -- 18591864 Let My People Go -- 18651868 Free at Last -- 1869187O Didnt My Lord Deliver Daniel? -- 18711880 Deep River -- 18811902 Soon I Will Be Done with the Troubles of the World -- The Family Legacy 1903Present Lift Every Voice and Sing -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright. | |
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