1. Texas Slave Population, 1860
Warm Up
How many Texas counties had at least a fifty percent slave population in 1860?
What regions of Texas had the most slaves?
Where might a slave from one of these regions run away to?
Texas Slave Population, 1860

2. Trade and Grade Chp 16
Chp 16 WS (minus brief essay—I will grade)

3. p. 362

4. University of North Texas Libraries
Engage Resources
Green Cumby WPA Slave Narrative
Document 1
Primary
Source
Adventures:
Runaway
Slaves
University of North Texas Libraries

5. Texas Republican, Marshall, March 25, 1859
Document 2
Primary
Source
Adventures:
Runaway
Slaves
Texas Republican, Marshall, March 25, 1859
University of North Texas Libraries

6. Tri-Weekly Telegraph, Houston, October 19, 1858
Document 3
Primary
Source
Adventures:
Runaway
Slaves
Tri-Weekly Telegraph, Houston, October 19, 1858
University of North Texas Libraries

7. Northern Standard, Clarksville, January 6, 1855
Document 4
Primary
Source
Adventures:
Runaway
Slaves
Northern Standard, Clarksville, January 6, 1855
University of North Texas Libraries

8. Northern Standard, Clarksville, May 5, 1855
Document 5
Primary
Source
Adventures:
Runaway
Slaves
Northern Standard, Clarksville, May 5, 1855
University of North Texas Libraries

9. Northern Standard, Clarksville, October 24, 1857
Document 6
Primary
Source
Adventures:
Runaway
Slaves
Northern Standard, Clarksville, October 24, 1857
University of North Texas Libraries

10. What is significant about this statement?
Review the following:
1st. Slavery is abolished in the republic. 2nd. Consequently, those who have been until now considered slaves are free. 3rd. When the circumstances of the treasury may permit, the owners of the slaves will be indemnified in the mode that the laws may provide.
And in order that every part of this decree may be fully complied with, let it be printed, published, and circulated.
Given at the Federal Palace of Mexico, the 15th of September, President Vicente Guerrero
What is significant about this statement?
What was happening in Texas when this decree was passed?
Could this decree impact Texas during the 1850s?
Process - Task:
Individually, design a poster (Manila or Construction Paper) representing the Mexican Decree of Your goal is to encourage runaway slaves to leave Texas and to come to Mexico for their freedom. Be sure to consider the fact that most slaves could not read or write, so traditional advertisements with words (less words=more images/symbols) would be difficult for slaves to understand.