Freedom Colonies Archives - People's History in Texas https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/uncategorized/freedom-colonies/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 02:17:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-logo-32x32.png Freedom Colonies Archives - People's History in Texas https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/uncategorized/freedom-colonies/ 32 32 Haskell House and the Clarksville Tour https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/haskell-house-and-the-clarksville-tour/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 21:34:44 +0000 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/?p=1786 The story of Clarksville, a Freedom Colony. by Richard Croxdale On MLK day, PHIT was blessed with a tour of the Haskell House, an historic house in the National Historic District of Clarksville. Clarksville was one of the first freedom colonies that sprang up across the south as previously enslaved people created their own communities. It was presented by Kathy […]

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]]> Freedom Colonies https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/freedom-colonies/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 21:16:37 +0000 https://peopleshistoryintexas.org/?p=581 There was a wonderful story in Austin American Statesman on Sunday about a Bastrop County Historical Museum project to document the freedom colonies in the Bastrop area. The Bastrop County Historical Museum is looking for oral history and documents and artifacts.  https://epaper.statesman.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=84fa79db-7a42-4bd9-bd22-386977d3dbe4&pbid=0bd3b62f-2574-4676-88da-58d1361460ab&utm_source=app.pagesuite&utm_medium=app-interaction&utm_campaign=pagesuite-epaper-html5_share-article Ten of the Bastrop County freedom colonies have been already been recorded by Andrea Roberts, Texas A&M professor […]

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