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From Slave to Statesman : The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston
author
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Prather, Patricia Smith.; Monday, Jane Clements
publisher
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University of North Texas Press
isbn10 | asin
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0929398475
print isbn13
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9780929398471
ebook isbn13
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9780585228167
language
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English
subject
Houston, Joshua,--1822-1902, Statesmen--Texas--Biography, African Americans--Texas--Biography, Houston, Sam,--1793-1863--Friends and associates, African Americans--Texas--History--19th century, Texas--History--1846-1950.
publication date
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1993
lcc
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F391.H79P73 1993eb
ddc
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976.4/061/092
subject
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Houston, Joshua,--1822-1902, Statesmen--Texas--Biography, African Americans--Texas--Biography, Houston, Sam,--1793-1863--Friends and associates, African Americans--Texas--History--19th century, Texas--History--1846-1950.
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From Slave to Statesman
The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston
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From Slave to Statesman
The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston
Patricia Smith Prather & Jane Clements Monday
Introduction by Dan Rather
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS PRESS
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University of North Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First Edition 1993 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions University of North Texas Press Post Office Box 13856 Denton, Texas 76203-3856
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Prather, Patricia Smith, 1943 From slave to statesman : the legacy of Joshua Houston, servant to Sam Houston / by Patricia Smith Prather and Jane Clements Monday ; introduction by Dan Rather. 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-929398-47-5 (alk. paper) : $32.50 1. Houston, Joshua, 18221902. 2. StatesmenTexasBiography. 3. Afro AmericansTexasBiography. 4. Houston, Sam, 17931863Friends and associates. 5. Afro-AmericansTexasHistory19th century. 6. Texas History18461950. I. Monday, Jane Clements, 1941 . II. Title. F391.H79P73 1993 976.4'061'092dc20 [B] 93-25464 CIP
The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library materials, z39.48, 1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability.
Frontispiece and endsheets courtesy Constance Houston Thompson and the Sam Houston Memorial MuseumHuntsville, Texas.
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Contents
Authors' Preface
vii
Introduction by Dan Rather
xi
Chronology
xv
Prologue
1
Chapter One 18221845. "Sometime I Feel Like a Motherless Child"
2
Chapter Two 18451859. "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"
29
Chapter Three 18591864. "Let My People Go"
62
Chapter Four 18651868. "Free at Last"
77
Chapter Five 18691870. "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?"
117
Chapter Six 18711880. "Deep River"
134
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Chapter Seven 18811902. "Soon I Will Be Done with the Troubles of the World"
169
Chapter Eight The Family Legacy: 1903Present. "Lift Every Voice and Sing"
200
Appendix
243
Bibliography
247
Index
255
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Preface
Joshua created a path and left a legacy. We retraced that path searching for clues about his life. What we found was astounding, but we have not stopped our search. This book, therefore, is only a beginning. We hope others, including his descendants, will continue the search for information about Joshua Houston and the other unheralded heroes of the Reconstruction period in Texas and throughout the South.
Researching the life of anyone who lived a century ago is challenging, but researching one who spent half of his life without a last name has been a special challenge. Our good fortune was that Joshua Houston had spent over twenty years with Texas's greatest hero, General Sam Houston. By studying the hundreds of personal letters that Sam and his wife Margaret wrote to each other, as well as reading documented accounts of their lives, we were able to chronicle the life of his servant Joshua, who eventually became a hero in his own right.
Although this book centers on Joshua and how he and other ex-slaves made a difference in Walker County, Texas, we discovered quickly that similar stories were occurring throughout the rest of the state and the South. These men and women formed networks throughout their religious, political, social, and educational organizations that helped them steer through the troubled waters that existed before the Civil War and after Emancipation. We hope that this book will inspire others to study their own communities and counties, discovering men and women, both black and white, who made a positive difference in the lives of all Texans during this turbulent time.
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