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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's a whole new world for this historian! Never, ever, did I think I would have a QR Code 🙃 EnslavedTexas.org #Research #Blackhistory #Slavery #Texashistory

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Don't you wish you could tell record keepers to do it right? It drives me crazy when people were either too lazy, disinterested, naive, or misinformed to realize the value of recording accurate data. In Navarro County, "Native" is US or blank rather than states or countries EnslavedTexas.org

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thursday is North Texas Giving Day, but EnslavedTexas.org did not form until after the deadline to qualify for matching funds. If you can help us with our mission to publically document the history of slavery in Texas, please go to the support tab (far right on page). We appreciate it very much.

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Enslaved Texas: Forced Migration into Texas, 1800–1870

Map and search 30,000+ freedmen in the 1867–1870 Texas voter registration: where enslaved people came from, when they arrived, and where they lived. Free and open.

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When George Thompson Ruby registered to vote in Galveston, June 7, 1867, did he suspect he would be elected to the Texas Senate 2 years later? Born free, he arrived in Texas in 1866 with many advantages over those born in the South. enslavedtexas.org #TexasHistory #Blackhistory #EnslavedTexas

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today's research time is for finding people stolen from Africa long after the Trans-Atlantic slave trade ended. www.enslavedtexas.org #Blackhistory #slavery #Texas

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When your research makes you cry you know you are doing the right thing. Born in Africa in 1800 and brought to Texas as an enslaved man in 1850. When or how Sam Brown (in this census, Sambo) arrived in the US is yet unknown. #Slavery #Blackhistory #Texas #Africa enslavedtexas.org

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We've been told it's "it's not a good time" to share our research. We trace forced migration of enslaved men into Texas from 1807 until 1865 & freedmen and some still enslaved until through 1869. It's always the right time to share history. #Blackhistory #Texas #Slavery #Migration EnslavedTexas.org

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Enslaved Texas

Visualizing the forced migration of more than 50,000 freedmen into Texas (1800-1870), drawn from the 1867-1870 voter registration of Texas.

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

When Sam Winn registered to vote in Walker County in 1867, he told the registrar he had been brought to Texas 50 years ago. That translates to at least fifty-years of enslavement, only to be able, finally, to register to vote for change. Be like Sam. #vote

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Langston Marsal registered to vote in Walker County, August 29, 1867. Brought to Texas ten years before as an enslaved man, he was born in Georgia. Today, 159 yrs-2 days, he became the 30,000 Freedman added to enslavedtexas.org Not stopping until all their names are recorded.

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Enslaved Texas

Visualizing the forced migration of more than 50,000 freedmen into Texas (1800-1870), drawn from the 1867-1870 voter registration of Texas.

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Post-emancipation didn't mean leaving the plantation. When Freedmen registered to vote, they often reported their former enslaver's plantation as their place of residence.

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Cato Jackson registered to vote 11-29-1869. From VA, he arrived in TX in 1812. Basic details about his life are missing. In 1866, as a Freeman, he moved to Fort Bend County, where in 1870, Jackson, 59, sharecropper, lived with Lydia Jackson, 69, from Maryland, who kept house. enslavedtexas.org

1870 census record showing Cato Jackson, 59, Male, Black, Farming on shares from Virginia, living with Lydia Jackson, 69, Female, Black, keeping house, from Maryland.

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Have recorded 59% of the registered Freedmen in Texas as of this morning. Six years into this project and still as determined as ever to give them back their names. enslavedtexas.org Click the timeline on map to watch their forced migration. Each line is a person.

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Enslaved Texas

Visualizing the forced migration of ~48,000 enslaved people into Texas (1800-1870) based on Freedmen's voter registration records.

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enslavedtexas.bsky.social @enslavedtexas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Working hard creating an interactive map of Texas that visualizes the forced migration of enslaved people into Texas from 1800 to 1865. Check us out at enslavedtexas.org We are about halfway in this initial stage, so visit us often for updates! debbie@enslavedtexas.org

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Enslaved Texas

Visualizing the forced migration of ~48,000 enslaved people into Texas (1800-1870) based on Freedmen's voter registration records.

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