From Slave to Statesman : the legacy of Joshua Houston, servant to Sam Houston / Patricia Smith Prather, Jane Clements Monday.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prather, Patricia Smith, 1943- author.

Monday, Jane Clements, 1941- author.

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Texas--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Statesmen--Texas--Biography.

Statesmen.

Houston, Joshua, 1822-1902.

Houston, Joshua.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

C6826 - Title Updated

Place of Publication:

University of North Texas Press 1995

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 1995.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-258) and index.