Texas, 1906: Black Buffalo Soldiers Falsely Accused of Attacking White Woman, Sparks Race War
The Brownsville Raid of 1906, also known as the “Brownsville Affair,” in Texas resulted in the largest U.S. Army dismissal Continue reading
The Brownsville Raid of 1906, also known as the “Brownsville Affair,” in Texas resulted in the largest U.S. Army dismissal Continue reading
Somehow or other mammy and pappy meets ’round the place and the first thing happens they is in love. That’s Continue reading
Mr. John Doggett who was running for office on the Democratic ticket brought a number of colored people to Mayport Continue reading
My parents come over on a slave ship from Africa about twenty year before I was born on the William Continue reading
Somehow or other mammy and pappy meets ’round the place and the first thing happens they is in love. That’s Continue reading
Then when I was four year old along come the War and Master Driver takes up his slaves and leaves Continue reading
In them times it was mostly the overseers and the drivers who was the mean ones. They caused all the Continue reading
There wasn’t any Sunday Schooling. There was no place to learn to read and write—no big brick schools like they Continue reading