Nassau Plantation
Subtitle: the evolution of a Texas-German slave plantation
By: by James C. Kearney.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781574412864
Subjects: Adelsverein -- History; German Americans -- Texas -- History -- 19th century; Slavery -- Texas -- History -- 19th century; Nassau Plantation (Tex.) -- History; Texas -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century; Texas -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century; Germany -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century; Fayette County (Tex.) -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Adelsverein; title: Joseph Graf von Boos-Waldeck; title: The plantation; title: Germany and Texas in 1843 and 1844; title: The runaways; title: Carl Prince of Solms-Braunfels; title: Friedrich von Wrede; title: Das Herrenhaus; title: The plantation and agriculture in Fayette County; title: Die Katastrophe; title: Otto von Roeder; title: Nassau-Rosenberg; title: The Adelsverein, the plantation, and slavery; title: A clouded title; title: Postscript; title: Appendix A: Boos-Waldeck purchases; title: Appendix B: Bourgeois d'Orvanne inventory; title: Appendix C: Other inventories; title: Appendix D: Slave inventories; title: Appendix D: Proclamation concerning slavery; title: Appendix F: Descriptions of the Herrenhaus; title: A note on sources and abbreviations.