Nassau Plantation The Evolution of a Texas German Slave Plantation |
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Author:
| Kearney, James C. |
ISBN: | 978-1-57441-286-4 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
Publisher: | University of North Texas Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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In the 1840s an organization of German noblemen, the Mainzner Adelsverein, attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the Texas frontier. Nassau Plantation, located near modern-day Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette County, was a significant part of this story. No one, however, has adequately documented the role of the slave plantation or given a convincing explanation of the Adelsverein from the German point of...
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In the 1840s an organization of German noblemen, the Mainzner Adelsverein, attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the Texas frontier. Nassau Plantation, located near modern-day Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette County, was a significant part of this story. No one, however, has adequately documented the role of the slave plantation or given a convincing explanation of the Adelsverein from the German point of view.