Bøker av Trevor P Wardlaw

Across American plantations during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, grotesque events transpired between slaves and overseers. Their inherently dysfunctional relationship encouraged irrational behaviors and produced barbaric events. Torture and murder occasioned the lives of both the enslaved and the contract laborer. This is the documentation of twenty-five such stories.

From the unbridled lands of East Texas, tenacious men with diverse backgrounds came together to form the Twenty-Second Texas Infantry. Also known as Hubbard's regiment, families synonymous with the Texas Revolution joined the ranks of politicians, attorneys, farmers, and teachers. Many championed Southern values whereas some campaigned for Northern agendas. Yet, most were Texan by choice and they sought to defend their homes. The regiment's stories of triumph and sorrow intertwined with American history as the men drudged across the unforgiving lands west of the Mississippi River. They fought in the bloody encounters of Fort DeRussy, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Jenkins' Ferry as life-threatening diseases complicated their service. Their ambitious marches forever tied them to the story of Texas during the Civil War.

Due in part to centuries of societal transformations and political upheavals, Texas bred tenacious men and women with passionate opinions. Some claimed the Lone Star State as a birthright, others only briefly made it their home, but all were inspired by its vigorous disposition. As such, they communicated insightful positions about war, immigration, tariffs, education, taxes, foreign policy, race relations, and more. Embedded within their antiquated statements, we find a hint of contemporary themes and perhaps some answers to our modern issues. This is the collection of one hundred ten statements from former Texans.