A southern family in white & Black
Subtitle: the Cuneys of Texas
By: Douglas Hales.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Texas A & M southwestern studies ;; no. 13
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Cooney family.; Cuney, Norris Wright, 1846-1898.; Cuney, Philip Minor, b. 1807.; Cuney-Hare, Maud, 1874-1936.; African Americans -- Biography.; Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.; African American politicians -- Texas -- Biography.; Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.; Texas -- Race relations.; Texas -- Biography.; Austin County (Tex.) -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: Southern family in white and Black
Description: The complex issues of race and politics in nineteenth-century Texas may be nowhere more dramatically embodied than in three generations of the family of Norris Wright Cuney, mulatto labor and political leader. Douglas Hales explores the birthright Cuney received from his white plantation-owner father, Philip Cuney, and the way his heritage played out in the life of his daughter, Maud Cuney-Hare.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: Philip Cuney : politician and slaveholder; title: Norris Wright Cuney : labor and civic leader; title: Political education, 1869-83; title: New leader of the party; title: Party and patronage; title: Maud Cuney : education and marriage; title: Maud Cuney-Hare : musician, director, writer.