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The water cries : uncovering the slave auction houses of Galveston, Texas / Anthony Paul Griffin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffin, Anthony P., author.
- Series:
- Afro-Texans
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slave auctions--Texas--Galveston--History.
- Slave auctions.
- Slave trade--Texas--Galveston--History.
- Slave trade.
- African Americans--Texas--Galveston--History.
- African Americans.
- Historic sites--Texas--Galveston.
- Historic sites.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Uncovering the slave auction houses of Galveston, Texas
- Place of Publication:
- Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Searching for the true location of Galveston's long-mythologized slave auction houses using historical documentation and family archives"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Why search anyway? : it happened so long ago
- Working against and with our shared duality
- Letting you hear me scream!
- Things of value
- Did Benjamin Franklin really say that?
- Their cries remain audible
- Why is the truth important?
- We have to say their names and more
- For history's sake
- Maybe the negroes went too fast : laying myths to rest
- History's voices continue to circle : stopping the deterioration, and loss
- Above and circling, always present : a proposal for a dedicated historic district
- Epilogue. We must talk, tell stories, and then do more.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Griffin, Anthony Paul. Water cries
- ISBN:
- 9781682831991
- 168283199X
- OCLC:
- 1376918643
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