Nassau Plantation: The Evolution of a Texas German Slave Plantation

Contents

CoNteNts List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Adelsverein 11 Chapter 2 Joseph Count of Boos-Waldeck 25 Chapter 3 The Plantation 39 Chapter 4 Germany and Texas in 1843 and 1844 53 Chapter 5 The Runaways 63 Chapter 6 Carl Prince of Solms-Braunfels 75 Chapter 7 Friedrich von Wrede 93 Chapter 8 Das Herrenhaus 103 Chapter 9 The Plantation and Agriculture in Fayette County 109 Chapter 10 Die Katastrophe 123 Chapter 11 Otto von Roeder 153 Chapter 12 Nassau-Rosenberg 165 Chapter 13 The Adelsverein, the Plantation, and Slavery 183 Chapter 14 A Clouded Title 207 Postscript 219 Appendix A Boos-Waldeck Purchases 233 Appendix B Bourgeois d’Orvanne Inventory 237 Appendix C Inventory, December 1847 243 Appendix D Slave Inventories 245 viii Contents Appendix E Proclamation Concerning Slavery 247 Appendix F Descriptions of the Herrenhaus 249 A Note on Sources and Abbreviations 255 Notes 263 Select Bibliography 319 Index 337 ...