From Slave to Statesman · the Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston
- Authors
- Prather, Patricia Smith & Monday, Jane Clements
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Tags
- reference , biography , test
- ISBN
- 9780929398471
- Date
- 1993-09-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.75 MB
- Lang
- en
This is the story of the “other” Houston, Joshua, the slave of Margaret Lea until she married Sam Houston and moved to Texas in 1840. Joshua was unique among slaves: he was taught to read and write, and was allowed to keep money he earned. The story is set in a background of historical details about southern social history before, during, and after the Civil War.
Sources include slave autobiographies and biographies; Houston family letters; oral histories of descendants of both Houston families; birth, marriage and death records; land records and deeds; church and school records.