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Author:

Kearney, James C., 1946-

Title:

Nassau Plantation : the evolution of a Texas-German slave plantation / by James C. Kearney.

Publisher:

University of North Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xi, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

German Americans--Texas--History--19th century.
Nassau Plantation (Tex.)--History.
Adelsverein--History.
Texas--History--History--19th century.
Texas--History--History--19th century.
Germany--History--History--19th century.
Fayette County (Tex.)--History--19th century.
Slavery--Texas--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The Adelsverein -- Joseph Graf von Boos-Waldeck -- The plantation -- Germany and Texas in 1843 and 1844 -- The runaways -- Carl Prince of Solms-Braunfels -- Friedrich von Wrede -- Das Herrenhaus -- The plantation and agriculture in Fayette County -- Die Katastrophe -- Otto von Roeder -- Nassau-Rosenberg -- The Adelsverein, the plantation, and slavery -- A clouded title -- Postscript -- Appendix A: Boos-Waldeck purchases -- Appendix B: Bourgeois d'Orvanne inventory -- Appendix C: Other inventories -- Appendix D: Slave inventories -- Appendix D: Proclamation concerning slavery -- Appendix F: Descriptions of the Herrenhaus -- A note on sources and abbreviations.

ISBN:

1574412868 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781574412864 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)469916739

LCCN:

2009047703

Locations:

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)