Nassau Plantation

Author : James C. Kearney
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574412868
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nassau Plantation written by James C. Kearney and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1840s an organization of German noblemen, the Mainzner Adelsverein, attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the Texas frontier. Nassau Plantation, located near modern-day Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette County, was a significant part of this story. No one, however, has adequately documented the role of the slave plantation or given a convincing explanation of the Adelsverein from the German point of view. James C. Kearney has studied a wealth of original source material (much of it in German) to illuminate the history of the plantation and the larger goals and motivation of the Adelsverein, both in Texas and in Germany. Moreover, this new study highlights the problematic relationship of German emigrants to slavery. Few today realize that the society's original colonization plan included ownership and operation of slave plantations. Ironically, the German settlements the society later established became hotbeds of anti-slavery and anti-secessionist sentiment. Responding to criticism in Germany, the society declared its colonies to be "slave free zones" in 1845. This act thrust the society front and center into the complicated political landscape of Texas prior to annexation. James A. Mayberry, among others, suspected an English-German conspiracy to flood the state with anti-slavery immigrants and delivered a fiery speech in the legislature denouncing the society. In the 1850s the plantation became a magnet for German immigration into Fayette and Austin Counties. In this connection, Kearney explores the role and influence of Otto von Roeder, a largely neglected but important Texas-German. Another chapter deals with the odyssey of the extended von Rosenberg family, who settled on the plantation in 1850 and helped to elevate the nearby town of Round Top into a regional center of culture and education. Many members of the family subsequently rose to positions of leadership and influence in Texas. Several notable personalities graced the plantation--Carl Prince of Solms-Braunfels, Johann Otto Freiherr von Meusebach, botanist F. Lindheimer, and the renowned naturalist Dr. Ferdinand Roemer, to name a few. Dramatic events also occurred at the plantation, including a deadly shootout, a successful escape by two slaves (documented in an unprecedented way), and litigation over ownership that wound its way to both the Texas Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Author : American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1168 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book written by American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief history of Hereford cattle: v. 1, p. 359-375.

Author : Library of Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1624 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jon Todd "Jt" Koenig
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738584867
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book Fayette County written by Jon Todd "Jt" Koenig and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1837 out of Stephen F. Austin's original colony, Fayette County's roots reach back in Texas history to the days of Mexican empresarios and native Indian tribes, spanning the boom period of 19th century European migration and colonization and stretching into the earliest days of 20th century America. It is the quintessential Texas county made up of vibrant, diverse cultures and unique communities. Originally settled by "Americans" from the southern United States, its later development was influenced and led by first German and then Czech immigrants escaping the European revolutions and economic hardships in search of the definitive American Dream.

Author : Friedrich Armand Strubberg
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292737696
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friedrichsburg written by Friedrich Armand Strubberg and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1846, Fredericksburg, Texas, was established by German noblemen who enticed thousands of their compatriots to flee their overcrowded homeland with the prospect of free land in a place that was portrayed as a new Garden of Eden. Few of the settlers, however, were prepared for the harsh realities of the Texas frontier or for confrontation with the Comanche Indians. In his 1867 novel Friedrichsburg, Friedrich Armand Strubberg, a.k.a. Dr. Schubbert, interwove his personal story with a fictional romance to capture the flavor of Fredericksburg, Texas, during its founding years when he served as the first colonial director. Now available in a contemporary translation, Friedrichsburg brings to life the little-known aspects of life among these determined but often ill-equipped settlers who sought to make the transition to a new home and community on the Texas frontier. Opening just as a peace treaty is being negotiated between the German newcomers and the Comanches, the novel describes the unlikely survival of these fledgling homesteads and provides evidence that support from the Delaware Indians, as well as the nearby Mormon community of Zodiac, was key to the Germans’ success. Along the way, Strubberg also depicts the laying of the cornerstone to the Vereinskirche, the blazing of an important new road to Austin, exciting hunting scenes, and an admirable spirit of cultural cohesion and determined resilience. In so doing, he resurrects a fascinating lost world.

Author : Sidney St. James
Publisher : BeeBop Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1393006477
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ADVERSITY written by Sidney St. James and published by BeeBop Publishing Group. This book was released on with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1980s, this novel had its beginning preempted by the writing of my Family History. As the author, while wearing tall cowboy boots, trudged through many small country farms in Colorado, Austin, and Fayette Counties and dictated the many small etched tombstones in grown-up weeds onto a small cassette recorder. The index this family history book had of over fifty cemeteries buried in the woods of old homeplaces reflected what my good friend Bill Stein at the Nesbitt Memorial Library in Columbus once told me, “It is one of the most utilized paperbacks in the archives for people searching their family histories.” One time, I went in to see the book and could not help laughing as it was taped back together from the daily use of it as a reference manual. Of course, this was all before the Internet had its existence. Time was spent weekly turning through the microfilm to follow one particular family from Oldenburg and Rastede, Germany, to Columbus and on to Frelsburg, where they settled down near a good friend, William Frels. One would be hard-pressed to fully explain the impact that the Strauss Family descendants had in the State of Texas, as well as thousands upon thousands of other immigrants from Germany between the years 1836-1846. They came in substantial numbers and had such an impact on politics, economics, and the social life of Texas that much of the things that were, began a dramatic change by the mid-1850s. It is amazing how, as adults, we struggle during our childhood through the date-pocketed courses of history...bored, disenchanted, waiting only for the end of that cobwebbed test of endurance. What we find, in later years, is that history is the most fascinating and stimulating of all areas of knowledge. We can ask ourselves, why this unfortunate paradox? Has "history" really changed? The answer is...No!” However, essential dates, names, and places may be to an expert understanding of history, they are not history, but only the checkpoints and framework of history. This novel is about people...real people, with blood and bones, loves and hates, strengths, passions, weaknesses, and their belief in Jesus Christ, our Lord. History is joys and sorrows, failures and successes, heartbreaks and ecstasies. What is history? History is power, the exercise of power, and the vacuum of power. A relatively new genre too, one that this author has found intriguing in following the Johann Strauss family from Germany to Texas in the mid-1800s, creative fiction, and creative nonfiction takes the writing of history to a whole new level. From over thirty years of family research and the production of numerous history books, creative writing explores the history of people, real people! This novel, although fiction, is based on a true story. It follows a typical German family through the painful decision-making process to leave Germany and pull up roots from generations of farming on the River Hunte near Rastede, Germany. They fight delays from unfavorable winds traveling through the North Sea, storms that take many lives on board their vessel, contracting yellow fever and other terrible sicknesses, Indian attacks, and many other adversities. The Strauss Family faced one misfortune after another during their ninety-day trip from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Matagorda, Texas. They didn’t travel alone as Faith was their most influential ally during their continued struggles against the many adversities. The ups and downs of this novel lean on the truth, and at first, it was considered to be a creative nonfiction attempt since the story has been told by real people. All the events and adversities were experienced by thousands of Germans during this time in history. There is truth in how most held firmly to the Faith in Jesus Christ during the many hardships suffered. This same Faith is contained in the following two creative nonfiction novels in this series, FAITH - Seventy Times Seven, an autobiography of the Reverend Ada Caston Slaton Bonds, and THE ROSE OF BRAYS BAYOU - The Runaway Scrape, the memoirs of Dilue Rose Harris.

Author : Bruce A. Glasrud
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1623497485
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Americans in Central Texas History written by Bruce A. Glasrud and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce A. Glasrud and Deborah M. Liles have gathered over thirty years of scholarship—articles, book excerpts, and new, original essays—to offer for the first time an overview of the history of African Americans in Central Texas. From slavery and agriculture in the nineteenth century to entrepreneurship and the struggle for civil rights in the twentieth century, African Americans in Central Texas History: From Slavery to Civil Rights fills in the critical missing pieces of an often-overlooked region in the state’s history. African Americans first entered Central Texas with Spanish explorers, but few remained. White slave holders later brought black residents—as slaves—to this region. With the end of the Civil War, slavery may have ended but the brutalities of racial prejudice persisted. During Reconstruction, new attempts to ensure civil and political rights were resisted through terror, racial violence, and systemic denial of justice. Well into the twentieth century, segregation persisted, but years of individual and mobilized protest finally led to significant reform. Organizations such as the NAACP provided vital support. Before efforts to disenfranchise the black vote became successful, some politicians even courted black voters to further their own political agendas. African Americans in Central Texas History is a rare source that sheds light on the African American experience in the heart of the state.

Author : Detlef Dunt
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0292768362
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey to Texas, 1833 written by Detlef Dunt and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1834, a German immigrant to Texas, D. T. F. (Detlef Thomas Friedrich) Jordt, aka Detlef Dunt, published Reise nach Texas, a delightful little book that praised Texas as “a land which puts riches in [the immigrant’s] lap, which can bring happiness to thousands and to their descendants.” Dunt’s volume was the first one written by an on-the-ground observer to encourage German immigration to Texas, and it provides an unparalleled portrait of Austin’s Colony from the lower Brazos region and San Felipe to the Industry and Frelsburg areas, where Dunt resided with Friedrich Ernst and his family. Journey to Texas, 1833 offers the first English translation of Reise nach Texas. It brings to vivid life the personalities, scenic landscapes, and customs that Dunt encountered in colonial Texas on the eve of revolution, along with his many practical suggestions for Germans who intended to emigrate. The editors’ introduction describes the social, political, and economic conditions that prompted Europeans to emigrate to Texas and provides biographical background on Dunt and his connection with Friedrich Ernst. Also included in the volume are a bibliography of German works about Texas and an interpretive essay discussing all of the early German literature about Texas and Dunt’s place within it. Expanding our knowledge of German immigration to Texas beyond the more fully documented Hill Country communities, Journey to Texas, 1833 also adds an important chapter to the story of pre-Revolutionary Texas by a sophisticated commentator.

Author : Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain). Library
Publisher : London : The Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1084 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Supplementary Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute written by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain). Library and published by London : The Institute. This book was released on 1901 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenneth Hafertepe
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 162349382X
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Material Culture of German Texans written by Kenneth Hafertepe and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, 2019 San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation Book Award, sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation German immigrants of the nineteenth century left a distinctive mark on the lifestyles and vernacular architecture of Texas. In this first comprehensive survey of the art and artifacts of German Texans, Kenneth Hafertepe explores how their material culture was influenced by their European roots, how it was adapted to everyday life in Texas, and how it changed over time—at different rates in different communities. The Material Culture of German Texans is about the struggle to become American while maintaining a distinctive cultural identity drawn from German heritage. Including materials from rural, small town, and urban settings, this masterful study covers pioneer generations in East Texas and the Hill Country, but also follows the story into the Victorian era and the early twentieth century. Houses and their furnishings, churches and cemeteries, breweries and businesses, and paintings and engravings fill the pages of this thorough, informative, and richly illustrated volume. Recent decades have seen a sharp increase of the study of vernacular architecture (which can range from traditional building to ethnic expressions to landscape ensembles) and an intensified study of American furniture and other decorative arts. Incorporating these vernacular and decorative arts methods and building on the works of cultural geographers, curators, and historians, The Material Culture of German Texans offers a definitive contribution that will inform visitors to the region as well as those who study its history and culture.