The Lumberman, the General, the Watchman, and the Comeback Queen: The Afterlife of Slavery in the Bayou City from 1861 to the Present
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Using oral history and genealogical research, this essay examines the historical ties of a lifetime resident of Houston\u27s historic Fifth Ward community to selected members of William Marsh Rice’s family from the period of slavery to freedom. This narrative reaffirms the role that oral history plays in our understanding of the afterlife of urban slavery in Houston, Texas, the nation’s 4th-largest citySimilar works
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This paper was published in Texas Southern University, School of Public Affairs: Digital Scholarship.
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