Nassau Plantation: The Evolution of a Texas German Slave Plantation

by James C. Kearney

Book Overview

In the 1840s an organization of German noblemen, the Mainzner Adelsverein, attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the Texas frontier. Nassau Plantation, located near modern-day Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette County, was a significant part of this story. James C. Kearney has studied a wealth of original source material (much of it in German) to illuminate the history of the plantation and the larger goals and motivation of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574413260
• ISBN13: 9781574413267
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"