Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 3-2025
Department
History, Geography & General Studies
Abstract
Using oral history and genealogical research, this essay examines the historical ties of a lifetime resident of Houston's historic Fifth Ward community to selected members of William Marsh Rice’s family from the period of slavery to freedom. This narrative reaffirms the role that oral history plays in our understanding of the afterlife of urban slavery in Houston, Texas, the nation’s 4th-largest city.
Recommended Citation
The Lumberman, the "General," the Watchman, and the Comeback Queen: The Afterlife of Slavery in the Bayou City from 1861 to the Present" (Stirpes, March 2025, Volume 64, pp. 25-31).
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