Dere some old men dat too old to work so dey sot in de sun all day and holp with de light work. Den she hav nice Sunday dinner for both us. Our master parceled out some land to 'em and told 'em to work it their selves and some done real well. All campuses received a Met Standard rating from the Texas Education Agency. He told me once he lived in New York and, "I's borned in Grimes County, ninety years ago. We uster jump de rope and play ring plays and sich. You ain't never find a lazier nigger dan Will. It swelled up my head and stuff came out. My husban' gib me de trabblin' dress, but I never use dat dress for three weeks, though, 'cause ole mistus cry so when I hafter leave dat I stay for three weeks after I marry. ", "De ol' marster he didn' work he han's on Sunday and he give 'em half de day off on Sadday, too. Ma tell 'em to write him he neenter (need not) come. "After he was whipped my daddy run away to the north. An informal militia rallied in Bryan, gathered arms, and caught the train southward towards the angry mob of armed freedmen who were marching on Bryan, a city to the north of Navasota. "Then when I was eight years old they sold me. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males. Dey has de power, and it am done for to show dey has de power. They had a post in the public square what they tied 'em to and a man what worked for the county whipped 'em. Texas State Highway 6 passes northsouth through the eastern side of the city as a four-lane bypass, leading northwest 22 miles (35km) to College Station and south 21 miles (34km) to Hempstead. He served as marshal until 1911. http://www.navasotaexaminer.com/news/article_69301b7c-bb21-11e1-a35b-0019bb2963f4.html, June 23, 2012. Dey jines de army and after 'bout a year, massa jine too, and, course, dat make de missy awful sad. De nearest I comes to gittin whupped, 'twas once when I stole a plate of biscuits offen de table. Dere I stay for long, long time, and she wait on me han' and feet. The old Negro was growing very tired, but, at a request, he instantly got up and tapped his way out into the scorching sunshine to have his photograph taken. Late in '63 they had a fight at a place called Kingston, only 12 miles from our place, takin' how the jacks go. I's sev'ral times needed a whuppin', but de marster never gives dis nigger more'n a good scoldin'. About 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. This crime was in the middle of the day on the main street in town. It makes white men a little insulted when you dont know they is white, and it makes niggers all conceited up when you think maybe they is white.". WebThe slaves are said to have belonged to John Thomas. I works till us come to Galveston 'bout ten year ago. "Why dey comes so many times round dere, am 'cause de second time dey comes, Jane Bensom am dere. De preacher, he was big, jolly man, he come to de house 'bout one Sunday in every month. 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He came to Galveston, Texas, in 1877. By 1865, the population of Navasota was about 2,700. Eb'ryt'ing better go 'long smoove wid us chillun. By 1860, the vast majority of enslaved Black people in Texaswho made up 30 percent of the states The dispatcher attended the police academy and had been working at Navasota Police department for some time. The Klu Kluxes went to the jailor's house and got the jail key and got them men out and carried 'em to the River Bridge, in the middle. Dat am de fireworks. WebSlavery grew faster after Texas became a U.S. state in 1845. The site remains a gathering place for history events, recreation, and family reunions. Dere am three women what do dat, and give us de meals in de long shed with de long tables. De baby am in de mammy's arms and a bunch of Klux ridin' by takes a shot at de mammy, and it hits de baby and kills it. "When he was a-dyin', marster calls me to his bed and says, 'My dyin' reques' is dat yous be taken to your mama.' He call me his Annie 'cause I name' after my mistus. Some dem niggers on other plantations ain't keep de head and dey gits whupped and some gits kilt, but us does what massa say and has no trouble with dem Klux. "I 'members seein' Faith Baldwin and Jeb Johnson and Dan Hester gittin' whupped by de Klux. "The Lawd called me then and I answered and was preacher here at the Union Baptist Church, on 11th and K, 'bout 25 years. ", "Dey feed us good back in slavery. If dey sick, dey didn't habe to work and he give dem de med'cine hisself. I has to stay and I's been here ever since. He open de blacksmith shop and buy some slaves. We was happy. "Den one night I 'member jes' as well, me and my mother was settin' in de cabin gettin' ready to go to bed, when us hear somebody call my mother. Weapons and stolen property recovered. Lawmen had to hide and watch, and often were afraid of the streets at night. The images come from Hundreds of slaves did go to Mexico and got on all right. Shoutin' the battle cry of freedom.'. De mattress was mek outer straw. Now, Will, dat de man I's marry to, am younger'n me but he don't know it. If someone gets caught by his shirt on a limb of a tree, he had to die there if he weren't cut down. When it's over, de Marster comes home and dey holds a big celebration. United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860 Grimes County ", "Dey was a cullud man what mek shoes for de slaves to wear in de winter time. Sometimes you didn't knowed it was goin' on. Guns were made in nearby Anderson. Well, that's how it was with us. But he come and de daughter tek care of her ma and pa bofe. In 1833, a group including the extended family and associates of John Parker, a Baptist minister and veteran of the American Revolution, began to relocate from Illinois to Texas. Generally, the census only names the slave owner. One day I fotches a letter and I could feel it in my bones, dere was trouble in dat letter. We thought we was goin' to be richer than the white folks, 'cause we was stronger and knowed how to work, and the whites didn't and they didn't have us to work for them anymore. Men you thought was your friend was Klu Kluxes and you'd deal with 'em in stores in the daytime and at night they'd come out to your house and kill you. Us all eat outer one big pan. On January 19, 2011, the citizens of Navasota made a stand against illegal businesses trying to enter its city limits after murders and drive-by shootings. Three dogs followed one slave the whole way up north and he sold them up there. De whol side of my lef' leg mos' bu'n off. All we had to do was to walk, but walk South, and we'd be free as soon as we crossed the Rio Grande. As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,643 people, 2,661 households, and 2,011 families residing in the city. "Everybody went wild. I doesn't work till near de surrender, 'cause I's too small. WebNavasota Jews first began to organize in 1874, when they bought land for a Jewish cemetery. Dey done took all de rations and us couldn't eat de cotton. "When freedom come my mudder and me pay no 'tention to it. stockport council wards map; 0 comments. And dey never dassent tek de other feller's piece of meat. MANDY HADNOT, small and forlorn looking, as she lies in a huge, old-fashioned wooden bed, appears very black in contrast to the clean white sheets and a thick mop of snowy wool on her head. "My paw's name was Tom Vaughn and he was from the north, born free man and lived and died free to the end of his days. "De marster takes good care of us and sometimes give us money, 'bout 25, and lets us go to town. I don't know why he done it. PIERCE HARPER, 86, was born on the Subbs plantation near Snow Hill, North Carolina. No mam. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.Henry Geldzahler (19351994), The only thing worse than a liar is a liar thats also a hypocrite!There are only two great currents in the history of mankind: the baseness which makes conservatives and the envy which makes revolutionaries.Edmond De Goncourt (18221896). Missy Elline, she fainted. I reckoned everybody know old Pierce Harper. Mister, them was shirts that was shirts! They got hosses that the soldiers had turned loose to die, and fed them and took good care of 'em and they got good stock that way. Den when I 'cide to marry Bob Thomas, she he'p me fix a hope ches'. Course, I ain't blamin' you for it, but what you done say 'bout all de plantations havin' schools was wrong, so I jes' had to tell you I been a slave myself. We would hear about 'em and how they was goin' to be Mexicans. He settled on the south side of the Navasota River near Bur Oak Springs and developed a cotton plantation and cattle ranch that extended at one time over about 5,000 acres. Dey was cut straight and wid long waist and dey button down de back. I l'arn how to hoe, too. She use' to let me bump on her pianny and didn' say nothin'. When de body comes home, dere's a powerful big funeral and after dat, dere's powerful weepin's and sadness on dat place. But us don't leave Massa John, us go right on workin' for him like 'fore. Local artist and sculptor Russell Cushman designed and built the bronze statue. Webhistorical and genealogical records of Texas; part USGenWeb. Far as I cares, you is free now, and can stay here and tough it through or go where you wants. Us been lib here many a year. And there was the key note to the old Negro's character and temperament. Jump fru' de crack. Li'l befo' she die her husban' come. She say he ain't no service to her. Web1860 - 1865 Texas joined Confederacy; Civil War began 1865 Juneteenth 1869 The First African American in Texas Legislature 1873 Buffalo Soldiers first posted in Texas 1876 Present Texas Constitution Adopted 1882 The Early Days of Women's Equality 1888 New State Capitol Completed 1891 Texas Railroad Commission Established ", "I was bo'n up here in Jasper. Dey was a overseer on de place and iffen dey was any whippin' to be did, he done it. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.4 square miles (19.1km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.1km2), or 0.47%, is water.[6]. MOLLY HARRELL was born a slave on the Swanson plantation, near Palestine, Texas. "When war was over I come back here and now I'm too old to work and the state gives me a pension and me and my granddaughter live on that. 'Bout 20 year since us come here from Georgia and works de truck farm. After de ole marster die dey both work in de fiel' and raise plenty vegetables to can and eat. That happened the second year after the War. I never see her no mo'. The 2,805 housing units averaged 435.0 per square mile (167.9/km2). I allus did obey jis' like I was teached to do and dey didn' hafter whip me. And shirts! The whites always took good care of people when they was sick. "When peace come they read the 'mancipation law to the cullud people and they stayed up half the night at Mr. Harper's, singing and shouting. "De ole marster pick me out a lil', gentle hoss named Julie and dat was my very own hoss. Mos' time she leave all de wo'k stan' in de middle of de floor and read de Bible and pray for me to git heal up and not suffer. Washington County. History of slavery: Newspaper ads used to find family after emancipation. Since I's been free, I sometimes have heaps of frettin'. They played marbles, see-saw and rode. I was plenty sick and Dr. Brennen, he took good care of me. "When you ask me is I Pierce Harper, you kind of 'sprised me. HOMESLAVERY INDEX They brought up their children to speak only Mexican. FELIX HAYWOOD is a temperamental and whimsical old Negro of San Antonio, Texas, who still sees the sunny side of his 92 years, in spite of his total blindness. "How did we know it! Narratives tagged "Navasota" | Slavery in Texas I 'member de first time de Yankees pass by, my mother lift me up on de fence. For every 100 females, there were 86.5 males. Us have most nothin' to eat and den de Ku Klux come 'round dere. Navasota Weather Forecasts. For her, it am trouble, trouble and more trouble. Den at night, de big fire builded and all us sot 'round it. WILLIAM HAMILTON belonged to a slave trader, who left him on the Buford plantation, near Village Creek, Texas. Slavery in Texas Pauline married Navasota Grice in 1875 and they moved to Texas in 1917. My father, he'd round up cattle, unbranded cattle, for the whites. Slavery was integral to the local economy. WebSlaves were a large part of the local economy, as they were imported, traded and used to work in the many local cotton plantations. [citation needed]. But he didn't get shot no place but onethat was in the big toe. A tree am fix, and some present for everyone. She uster weave all us clo's. "De earlies' 'membrance I hab is when de ole marster drive into de town for supplies every two weeks. The median age was 32.9 years. Old cotton, old corn, see you since I's born. He tell de overseer, 'If you can't make dem niggers work without de whup, den you not de man I wants.' Course, I don't blame him for dat, 'cause dere ain't anythin' lazier dan a lazy nigger. [4] In 2005, the Texas Legislature designated Navasota as the "Blues Capital of Texas" in honor of the late Mance Lipscomb, a Navasota native and blues musician.[5]. I stops four years ago and comes out here to wait till de good Lawd calls me home. But we didn't do it. She wore silk hose with the heels completely worn out of them. An 1860 census reported 182,566 slaves, making up 30 percent of the states population, according to the Texas Navasota has many shops and artisans in its historic downtown district, including antique, gift, and boutique stores and art galleries housed in old classic stone and brick structures. Some old folks went in the woods for herbs and made medicine. Dat was de fus' time Missy laugh after de funeral. That was followed in 1867 by an even more dangerous epidemic of yellow fever. We better eat and shut our mouf. He relentlessly fought the various power factions, and one day fought one perceived local warlord in the mud on main street, throwing him in jail and defying all comers, as the rest of the troublemakers began to search for cover. "One time they had 12 men in jail, 'cused of robbin' white folks. Reported by the Navasota Examiner and the Bryan Eagle. I go to see her and took a peach pie, 'cause I lub her and I know dat's what she like better'n anything. They never caught him and after he crossed the Mason-Dixon line he was safe. I was awhat do they call a laborer in the army? The population was 6,789 at the 2000 census. Its application scored 17 of 20 points. De white man preacher marry us and mistus she give me 'way. Navasota Weather Forecasts. For other uses, see, This populated place has portions in adjacent county or counties, This populated place has portions in an adjacent county or counties. Lawmen had to hide and watch, and often were afraid of the streets at night. In 1865 a warehouse filled with cotton and gunpowder exploded after it was torched by vagrant Confederate veterans; the blast killed a number of people and started a fire that destroyed much of the original downtown, and damaged many buildings, including the post office. Slaves were increasing faster than the population as a whole. He was born and bred a slave in St. Hedwig, Bexar Co., Texas, the son of slave parents bought in Mississippi by his master, William Gudlow. And ripe red cherries JAMES HAYES, 101, was born a slave to a plantation owner whose name he does not now recall, in Shelby Co., two miles from Marshall, Texas. "It's a funny thing how folks always want to know about the War. All us cookin' done in de big kitchen. I can' 'member my fust marster's name, 'cause when I's 'bout two years ole, me and my sis, 'bout five, and our mammy was sol' to Marster John Henderson. You see I done git ol' and childish and I can't 'member like what I uster could. Dey was a ol' Geo'gia hoss bed in it. Course, I don' want to go back into slavery, but I's paid for my freedom. Dey hab a big san' pile for me to play in, but I never play with any other chillen. Then he laughed: "No, you ain't. Hamer became more widely known in 1934 as one of the men who shot Bonnie and Clyde. Cotton was twenty and thirty cents a pound then. John was my father. My friends is good to me and lets me stay with dem. Dat's what my old mother told me 'way back in slavery, before I was ever sold. ", "I never see no slaves bought and sol'. Everybody in dat part de country knowed him. I jus' always asks that question for fun. And I said, 'Sister Johnson, dat's 'cause I keep faith with de Lawd. We all felt like heroes and nobody had made us that way but ourselves. "I's too small to 'member my father, 'cause he die when I jus' a baby. Twenty-four year old Frank Hamer resigned from the Texas Rangers to become the City Marshal and moved in and created law and order. I heerd my gramma and ma say dey ol' marster wouldn' sell none of his slaves. WebPAULINE GRICE, 81, was born a slave of John Blackshier, who owned her mother, about 150 slaves, 50 slave children, and a large plantation near Atlanta, Georgia. WebOld Slave Cemetery Fannin County Hosted at Fannin County Texas TxGenWeb Oakhill Cemetery Annex St. Marks Cemetery Union Cemetery Fayette County Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery (hosted at TexasEscapes) Gonzales County Hosted at Gonzales County TXGenWeb Project Denton Creek Cemetery Ellis Cemetery Elm Slough Cemetery We'uns spent all de money on candy and sweet drinks. Den I goes to Fort Worth and takes a job cookin' in de Gran' Hotel for three years. We had our li'l go'ds (gourds) pretty and clean and white. I's made de mistake of takin' de plate. "'Union forever, She does not know her age, but from her appearance and the details she remembers of her years as slave in the Slade home, near Cold Springs, Texas, she must be very old. Nobody knew how it was to lack food. CHURCHES "I come to Texas in 1877 and Galveston was a little pen then, a little mess. After while, de Yankee sojers comes and takes some more. ", "Dat was a big plantation. Dey git oak and ash and hick'ry wood and mek a fire under it and smoke it. Horlock Art Gallery History Museum is one of the best things to do in Navasota Texas. Her figure is generous in proportions, and her hair snow white, fixed in little pig tails and wrapped in black string. After the Civil War, Pierce farmed a small place near Snow Hill and saw many raids of the Klu Klux Klan.
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