African-American Resources for Texas

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Links to online resources about African American heritage in Texas.

Contents 1 History and General Resources 2 Resources by Location 2.1 Balch Springs 2.2 Bastrop County 2.3 Cass County 2.4 Denton County 2.5 Fannon County 2.6 Jefferson County 2.7 McLennan County 2.8 Navarro County 2.9 Rusk County 2.10 Travis County 3 Slavery Resources 3.1 Texas Slave Narratives

History and General Resources

• Texas State Historical Association History of Slavery in Texas
• Handbook of African American Texas
• Wikipedia: History of Slavery in Texas
• African Slave Trade in Texas
• Texas Slavery Project
• Portal to Texas History - University of North Texas - Subject Category: Social Life and Customs - Slavery
• Atlas/database of Freedom Colonies in Texas where many of the formerly enslaved resettled after emancipation.
• Texas Government Senate Journal - List of names of Senators, 1851
• Texas Government House Journal - Listing of House Representatives, 1853

Resources by Location

• Vol. 19 No Land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. Part A Marion County; Part B Bell County. 2002
• Vol. 4 No Land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. Harrison, Hunt and Kaufman Counties. 2002

Balch Springs

• Vol. 11 No Land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. 2002
• Vol. 12 No Land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. 2002

Bastrop County

• Vol. 17 No Land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. 2002

Cass County

• Vol. 15 No Land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. 2002

Denton County

• Old Slave Cemetery Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas

Fannon County

• Vol. 10 No land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. 2002

Jefferson County

• Sabine Lake, Focal point of Illegal Slave Trade

McLennan County

• Vol. 9 No land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. 2002

Navarro County

• Vol. 16 No land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. 2002

Rusk County

• Vol. 13 No land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. 2002

Travis County

• Vol. 14 No land -- Only Slaves created by Edith Geraldine Heflin and Vivian Lehman. 2002

Slavery Resources

• Old Slave Cemetery Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas
• Slavery at Handbook of Texas Online
• Wikipedia: History of Slavery in Texas
• African Slave Trade in Texas
• Texas Slavery Project

Texas Slave Narratives

• Texas Narratives, Volume XVI, Part 1, Adams - Duhon (315 pages)

Interviews were conducted in Abilene, Anahuac, Austin, Beaumont (by Fred Dibble and Rheba Beehler), Brownwood, Centerville, Cleveland and Shepherd, Corsicana, Dallas, Double Bayou, El Paso, Fort Worth, Goodrich, Hondo, Houston, Huntsville, Itasca, Jacksonville, Jasper, Karnack, Liberty, Madisonville, Marshall, Mart, Mclennan County, Palestine, San Angelo, San Antonio, Texarkana, Tyler, Uvalde, Waco, and Woodville, Texas.

• Texas Narratives, Volume XVI, Part 2, Easter - King (300 pages)

Interviews were conducted by Fred Dibble and Rheba Beehler in Austin, Beaumont, Bronham, Cleburne, Corsicana, Dallas, Del Rio, Douglasville, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, Jasper, Karnack, Madisonville, Marlin, Marshall, Pearsall, San Angelo, San Antonio, Tatum, Uvalde, Waco, Woodlawn, and Woodville, Texas

• Texas Narratives, Volume XVI, Part 3, Lewis - Ryles (285 pages)

Interviews were conducted in Austin, Beaumont, Brazoria County, Cleburne, Dallas, Douglasville, El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston, Goliad, Harrison County, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Karnack, Liberty, Madisonville, Marlin, Marshall, Mart, Meridian, Orange, Palo Pinto, San Angelo, San Antonio, Uvalde, and Veth, Texas.

• Texas Narratives, Volume XVI, Part 4, Sanco - Young (243 pages)

Interviews were conducted in Abilene, Austin, Beaumont, Dallas, Eddy, El Paso, Fort Wort, Fort Worth, Galveston, Hondo, Houston, Jacksonville, Jamestown, Jasper, Madisonville, Marshall, Mart, San Angelo, San Antonio, Tyler, Veth, and Waco, Texas.