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The War in Texas; A Review of Facts and Circumstances, showing that this contest is a Crusade Against Mexico, set on foot by Slaveholders, Land Speculators, &c. In Order to Re-Establish, Extend, and Perpetuate the System of Slavery and the Slave Trade.

Description: Opinion piece describing the history and reasons for the Texas Revolution, including the position that it was intended to support slavery in Texas.
Date: 1837
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The War in Texas; A Review of Facts and Circumstances, showing that this contest is a Crusade Against Mexico, set on foot by Slaveholders, Land Speculators, &c. In Order to Re-Establish, Extend, and Perpetuate the System of Slavery and the Slave Trade.

Description: Opinion piece describing the history and reasons for the Texas Revolution, including the position that it was intended to support slavery in Texas.
Date: 2017
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Inner Visions: Slavery]

Description: Video footage was provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The video footage opens with the history of Texas as a slave-holding state and its role as a Confederacy state. The video transitions into a performance by Freddie King, who is singing the blues and the celebration of June 19th, or Juneteenth. At the 16:58 minute mark the first segments of the video cuts to black. At the 17:00 minute mark introduces an Inner Visions television segment with actress Beah Richards. At the 30:00 m… more
Date: May 2, 1974
Duration: 46 minutes 31 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Texas Slave Cases

Description: A document composed of brief descriptions of all cases in Texas where the enslaved served as plaintiffs, victims, property, or criminal defendants. The list was compiled by a criminal defense attorney who wanted to help historians with their research into legal cases involving enslaved people in Texas. The court cases are categorized in sections listed in the Table of Contents on page 2: Slaves under Spanish and Mexican Law, Freeing Slaves, Free Negroes of African Descent who Sold Themselves, C… more
Date: 2018-08~
Creator: Hampton, Keith S.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore

Description: Volume of essays about African-American folklore, including reminiscences of African-American folk culture in Texas, studies of specific genres of folklore, information about Texas-African food-ways, studies of specific performers, information about songs and other folklore. The index begins on page 353.
Date: 1996
Creator: Abernethy, Francis Edward
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

Oral History Interview with Jose King, September 11, 1997

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jose King. King, of Korean descent, grew up under Japanese occupation in Songsong Village, Rota. Relations with the Japanese were mostly peaceful. He attended a strict but effective Japanese school. When Japanese supplies began to dwindle, soldiers stole food from villagers and threatened to kill them if they withheld it. The natives narrowly escaped mass execution and instead were put to work farming sweet potatoes. King’s … more
Date: September 11, 1997
Creator: King, Jose
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Jose King, September 11, 1997

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jose King. King, of Korean descent, grew up under Japanese occupation in Songsong Village, Rota. Relations with the Japanese were mostly peaceful. He attended a strict but effective Japanese school. When Japanese supplies began to dwindle, soldiers stole food from villagers and threatened to kill them if they withheld it. The natives narrowly escaped mass execution and instead were put to work farming sweet potatoes. King’s … more
Date: September 11, 1997
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: King, Jose
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Tone the Bell Easy

Description: Volume of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folktales about witches, superstitions, slavery, folk cures, folk songs and other legends. The index begins on page 190.
Date: 1932
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Press

The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957

Description: The Texas State Historical Association Quarterly Report includes "Papers read at the meetings of the Association, and such other contributions as may be accepted by the Committee" (volume 1, number 1). These include historical sketches, biographical material, personal accounts, and other research. Index is located at the end of the volume starting on page 587.
Date: 1957
Creator: Texas State Historical Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Texas State Historical Association
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Oral History Interview with Daniel Crowley, April 17, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Daniel Crowley. Crowley left school at 16, electing to go to work. In October, 1940, he joined the Army Air Corps. He describes his journey to the Philippines, where he landed in March, 1941. He was stationed at Nichols Field. Crowley recalls being shipped across Manila Bay to Bataan in Christmas Day and fighting the Japanese there until the US forces surrendered. Instead of surrendering, Crowley made it to Corregidor. Whe n… more
Date: April 17, 2012
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Crowley, Daniel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Daniel Crowley, April 17, 2012

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Daniel Crowley. Crowley left school at 16, electing to go to work. In October, 1940, he joined the Army Air Corps. He describes his journey to the Philippines, where he landed in March, 1941. He was stationed at Nichols Field. Crowley recalls being shipped across Manila Bay to Bataan in Christmas Day and fighting the Japanese there until the US forces surrendered. Instead of surrendering, Crowley made it to Corregidor. Whe n… more
Date: April 17, 2012
Creator: Crowley, Daniel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with Glenn McDole, September 21, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Glenn McDole. McDole begins with some anecdotes about homesteading in Nebraska with his parents and siblings in the 1930s. In 1940, after finishing high school, McDole enlisted in the Marine Corps. He trained in San Diego and then shipped out to the Philippines aboard the USS Chaumont (AP-5). When he arrived in the Philippines, McDole was assigned to a security detachment at Cavite Navy Yard. McDole describes his experiences during the Japanese invasion of t… more
Date: September 21, 2008
Creator: McDole, Glenn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Glenn McDole, September 21, 2008

Description: Transcript of an oral interview with Glenn McDole. McDole begins with some anecdotes about homesteading in Nebraska with his parents and siblings in the 1930s. In 1940, after finishing high school, McDole enlisted in the Marine Corps. He trained in San Diego and then shipped out to the Philippines aboard the USS Chaumont (AP-5). When he arrived in the Philippines, McDole was assigned to a security detachment at Cavite Navy Yard. McDole describes his experiences during the Japanese invasion of t… more
Date: September 21, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: McDole, Glenn
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with Charles Butterworth, April 9, 2008

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific Ware presents an oral interview with Charles Butterworth. Butterworth was born in Anderson, South Carolina. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Notre Dame. In May 1939, he quit college and joined the Army Air Corps. After attending flight engineering and gunnery schools, he was assigned as flight engineer on a B-17 piloted by Emmett “Rosie” O’Donnell. He arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands on 28 August 1941 where he was assigned … more
Date: April 9, 2008
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Butterworth, Charles M.
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

Oral History Interview with J. L. Summers, September 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J. L. Summers. Summers joined the Army in 1937. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division. He traveled to Java with his unit and was captured by the Japanese in early 1942. Summers talks of his time as a POW covering railroad construction, hunger, disease, and punishment suffered at the hands of his Japanese captors. He also discusses being used as tiger bait by the Japanese during a detail. … more
Date: September 18, 2010
Creator: Summers, J. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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Oral History Interview with J. L. Summers, September 18, 2010

Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with J. L. Summers. Summers joined the Army in 1937. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division. He traveled to Java with his unit and was captured by the Japanese in early 1942. Summers talks of his time as a POW covering railroad construction, hunger, disease, and punishment suffered at the hands of his Japanese captors. He also discusses being used as tiger bait by the Japanese during a detail. … more
Date: September 18, 2010
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Summers, J. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Sound
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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