02415nam 2200421 450 991016354130332120230328090431.0(CKB)3710000001048106(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/48122(NjHacI)993710000001048106(EXLCZ)99371000000104810620230328d1995 uy 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrom Slave to Statesman the legacy of Joshua Houston, servant to Sam Houston /Patricia Smith Prather, Jane Clements MondayDenton, Texas :University of North Texas Press,1995.1 online resource (xvii, 276 pages) illustrations0-929398-87-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-258) and index.Prologue -- 18221845 Sometime I Feel Like a Motherless Child -- 18451859 Nobody Knows the Trouble Ive Seen -- 18591864 Let My People Go -- 18651868 Free at Last -- 1869187O Didnt My Lord Deliver Daniel? -- 18711880 Deep River -- 18811902 Soon I Will Be Done with the Troubles of the World -- The Family Legacy 1903Present Lift Every Voice and Sing -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright.This is the story of the "other" Houston, Joshua, the slave of Margaret Lea until she married Sam Houston and moved to Texas in 1840. Joshua was unique among slaves: he was taught to read and write, and was allowed to keep money he earned. The story is set in a background of historical details about southern social history before, during, and after the Civil War. Sources include slave autobiographies and biographies; Houston family letters; oral histories of descendants of both Houston families; birth, marriage and death records; land records and deeds; church and school records.C6826 - Title Updated African AmericansTexasHistory19th centuryStatesmenTexasBiographyAfrican AmericansHistoryStatesmen976.400496073Prather Patricia Smith1943-1346465Monday Jane Clements1941-NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910163541303321From Slave to Statesman3074404UNINA