African-American History

he first African-American residents of Fort Worth were slaves who received the delayed news of their emancipation on June 19, 1865. Those who remained in the area began to build a community on the city’s east side. A blacksmith shop ...

African-American History Monument

[South Panel]:

Gang of 25 Sea Island

Cotton and Rice Negroes

by Louis De Saussure

On Thursday, the 25th Sept., 1852, at 11 o'clock A.M. will be sold by Ryan's Mart, in Chalmers Street, in the City of Charleston,

A prime gang of 25 Negroes ...