Washington County
Exploring Slavery and its Afterlives
Washington County was central to cotton cultivation in Texas, the county was also the political and economic center for the power brokers who were guardians of the institution of slavery.
Methodological and Pedagogical Approaches Spotlight: Experiential Learning and Public History
Experiential learning is a dynamic pedagogical approach for exploring complicated topics such as slavery. This
Slavery and Freedom: The Experiences of Enslaved People on the Seward Plantation, 1850-1870
Over the course of the 1850s, the population–free and enslaved–in Washington County increased dramatically. The
Washington County and the Peculiar Institution: An Exploration of Slavery and its Physical Environments at the Seward Plantation, 1836-1845
Map of Washington County, Texas, map, 1879; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth89048/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2023), University of North
The Seward Family: A Genealogy and Profile of Washington County’s Landed Aristocracy, 1828-1955
In Washington County, home of the temporary capital of the Republic of Texas, the population
Slave Dwellings and Memory: Spatial Analysis and Slave Cabins on the Seward Plantation, 2022
Slave dwelling at Seward Plantation, photo taken by Marco Robinson. In most cases, enslavers provided