All God's Children Got Wings:
Tribute to Former Slaves of Texas

By
Theodore Bolton

 

Former Slave Harriet Jones with Daughter and Granddaughter, Clarksville

 

  This is a pictorial tribute to former slaves. Hopefully, this site will invoke their memory and put a face on slavery. All of these picture are from the Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938 website and are in the public domain and can be use as you like. The listed city is the city where the interview was taken. In some cases the interviewee lived his or her life in another city, thus it is recommended that the narrative be read. I have added a link to a page of slavery resources.
Books
 
 
Slavery Resources

Abilene

Austin  

Beaumont

Bracketville

Dallas

El Paso

Fort Worth

Hondo  

Houston  

Jasper

Marshal

Mart

Miscellaneous

San Angelo

San Antonio

Tyler

Waco

You can read their narratives at these sites.

Texas Slave Narratives Index 
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938
The Slave Narratives of Texas Index

My other sites 
AfroTexan Historical and Genealogical Resources
All God's Children Got Wings: Tribute to Former Slaves of Texas
When Freedom Cried Out  The Freedmen's Bureau in Texas
Union League of Texas Freedmen's Bureau Political Counterpart
Shackles on my Feet  African American Laws of 19th-Century Texas

A Penny Here, A Penny There Historically Black Colleges In Texas

African Americans in Camp County The Early Years
African Americans in Harrison County The Early Years
African Americans in Marion County The Early Years
African Americans in Upshur County The Early Years
The Bolton Community of Camp / Upshur The Early Years
Your Bible (My first site) Some of my favorite scriptures
Old Buildings of Harrison County  Most built by slave labor
Historic Buildings of Marion County Most built by slave labor labor
 
 
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