Slave Plantations In Dallas Texas. As more settlers arrived from the american south, the enslaved population grew rapidly. An 1860 census reported 182,566 slaves, making up 30 percent of the state’s population, according to the texas state historical association.
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Dallas continued to grow during the reconstruction years, unlike many southern towns that still had the task of major rebuilding at hand.
Works progress administration, for the. Festivals honoring the emancipation of enslaved african americans. Mills, who owned more than 300 bondsmen in 1860 (the largest holding in texas), had plantations in this area, and the population resembled. An anthology of classic slave narratives.