Nassau Plantation: The Evolution of a Texas German Slave Plantation

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337 abolitionism, 186, 189, 194 Adelsverein, 1, 263n5. See also Society for the Protection of German Emigrants (Adelsverein) African Americans, 221–22, 227, 228 Agricultural Society at Cat Spring, 120, 293n26 agriculture See also livestock and Boos-Waldeck, 113–14, 119 crops, 110, 114, 118, 119–20, 121, 220, 292n22 cultivated land, 110 and free-labor farms, 113 German contributions to, 120 grazing land, 110 innovations in, 117–20 and number of farmers, 112 and slave economy, 112–13, 120, 121 and success of Sam Lewis, 115–16 sustainable agriculture, 120, 121 and von Rosenberg family, 170–71 Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, 77 Alstyne, W. A. van, 211 Alt-Leiningen, Friedrich, Count of, 54 Alt-Leiningen-Westerburg, Viktor, Count of, 16, 25, 49, 53–54 Altstäder, A., 138 Amerikanische Jagd-und Reiseabenteuer (Strubberg), 149, 150–51, 297n43 Amsler, Marcus, 197 Ancestral Voices, 165 An der Indianer Grenze (Strubberg), 149, 297n41 Anglos attitudes toward land, 111 and austerity of frontier lands, 47 and Central European immigrants, 225, 229 as slaveholders, 112, 113 and Solms-Braunfels, 34, 77, 95– 96, 285n8 annexation of Texas, 187 “Answer to Interrogatories” (Meusebach), 163 antiques, 230 Arista, Mariano, 20 Arnim, Achim von, 135 INdex 338 Index artisans, 36 auction barns, 228 Austin, Stephen F., 21, 31 Austin County and anti-slavery sentiment, 188 and Central European immigrants, 228 and the Civil War, 194, 198 and colonization efforts, 31 free-labor farms of, 113 and Lateiner communities, 195 banking houses, 58 barbed wire, 219 barley, 119–20 barns, 45, 106, 230–31 Battle of Calcasieu Pass, 201 Battle of Mustang Island, 202, 216 Battle of Nueces, 191, 192–93, 196 Battle of Plum Creek, 83 Bauer, J. P. von, 138 Bee, Hamilton P., 191 Bekanntmachung über Sklaverei (Proclamation on Slavery), 185, 247–48 Belgium, 12, 19, 21 Bellville, 220 Bené (lieutenant) and Darmstädter, 136 and deed to Nassau Plantation, 160–61, 162 leadership position of, 145, 154, 155 and Schubbert, 295n25 on shootout, 141 on Spiess, 144–45 Bettina commune, 135 Biberstein, Herrmann von, 169 Biebrich, 13, 21 Biegel, Joseph, 69, 282n23 Biesele, Rudolph, 88, 190, 308n5 Biggers, Don, 61 Billburg (judge), 95, 288n5 Bird, James, 31 Bis in die Wildnis (Strubberg), 149 Black Blood or Slavery in the United States (Strubberg), 150 blacksmith’s shed, 42 Blücher (Field Marshal), 166 Blue Law, 225, 314n26 boll weevils, 220, 228 Boos-Waldeck, Anton, 59 Boos-Waldeck, Eduard von, 50, 55 Boos-Waldeck, Joseph, Count of, 25–37 and agriculture, 113–14, 119 alternative plan of, 4–5, 33, 59 on beauty of the Jack League, 45, 48 class bias of, 34, 42 and colonization grant, 33 on colonization plans, 3–4, 36, 46, 47–48, 50–51, 57–58, 126 and corporation charter, 32–33, 51 cultural standards of, 41 departure from plantation, 49 on emigrants in Texas, 35–36 and Etzel, 84–85 and expedition to Texas, 3–4, 25–26, 27–28 and financial system in Texas, 275n2 health of, 45, 48–49, 277n29, 278n38 and Herrenhaus (manor house), 104, 106 and Jack League, 34–35, 172 and land acquisition, 54 and land grants, 4, 5, 54 and land speculation, 169 and land title disputes, 212 on livestock, 117–18 and mistress, 45 and potential U.S. annexation of Texas, 22 provisions for plantation, 39–42, 43, 45–46, 233 replacement of, 46, 47, 49, 55 reports of, 35–37, 54, 59 339 Index resignation of, 4, 311n12 return to Germany, 51 and slavery, 25, 27, 36, 113, 120, 185, 200 and slaves of Nassau, 39, 40, 41– 42, 45, 47, 66–67, 234–35 and Solms-Braunfels, 81 vision for plantation, 115, 117 and Waldeck Plantation, 29, 272n20 and well, 106–7, 278n38 Bostick, Absalom criminal background of, 139 death of, 147, 303n104 and Mayfield, 146 and pistol-whipping incident, 137, 141 role of, 143 and Schubbert, 139, 147 at shootout, 123–24, 140, 141 trial of, 145 A Boy’s Civil War Story (Nagel), 196 Braubach, Phillip, 192 Brazos River, 167, 272n15 Breeding, Benjamin, 140, 143, 145 Bremond, P., 211 Brenham, 220, 221, 226–27 Britain, 12, 111. See also England Brookfield, William, 32 Brownsville, 198 Brune brothers, 82 Bryan, William accomplishments of, 115 appointed as overseer, 41 arrival at plantation, 42 Boos-Waldeck on, 47 death of, 68, 282n20 dismissal of, 79–80 and Fordtran, 114 responsibilities of, 49, 64 and runaway slaves, 65–66, 68, 69...