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- Title
Slavery and Cattle in East and West Texas.
- Authors
LILES, DEBBIE
- Abstract
The article discusses the relationship between slavery and the cattle industry in East and West Texas during the 19th century. Particular focus is given to the historiography of slavery and the cattle industry. The author argues that the livestock industry was a profitable alternative to the plantation economy and critiques historian Charles W. Ramsdell's claim that slavery would not have expanded into the western parts of Texas had it not been abolished during the U.S. Civil War.
- Subjects
TEXAS; SLAVERY; CATTLE industry; TEXAS state history; HISTORIOGRAPHY; RAMSDELL, Charles W.; NINETEENTH century; ECONOMIC history
- Publication
East Texas Historical Journal, 2014, Vol 52, Issue 2, p29
- ISSN
0424-1444
- Publication type
Article