r/texashistory • u/Rootinatx • 15h ago

The history of: Silvia Hector Weber

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In 1834, the price of Silvia Hector Webber’s freedom was written down on paper, and that paper still sits in an archive at UT Austin. #RootedInATX #AtxHistory

Video: Today news and UT Austin

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• Webber, Silvia Hector — Handbook of Texas    
• Webber, John Ferdinand — Handbook of Texas    
• Webberville, TX — Handbook of Texas    
• Freedom Papers: Evidence of Emancipation — Briscoe Center    
• Freedom Papers podcast page — UT Austin    
• NBC News on Silvia Hector Webber    
• Webberville Ebenezer Baptist Church marker — THC Atlas    
• FM 969 Highway Designation File — TxDOT    
• Webber Family Research Guide — UTRGV
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r/texashistory • u/DarthVader1701A • 21h ago

The way we were On this day in Texas History, October 14, 1987: 18 month old Jessica McClure fell into a well in her aunt's backyard in Midland. It took 56 hours to free her from the 8 inch wide well in a rescue effort that captured nearly the entire nation's attention.

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r/texashistory • u/PomegranateForeign13 • 6h ago

The way we were ‘Earth Has No Sorrow’: Visions of a Caldwell County Long Gone

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r/texashistory • u/DarthVader1701A • 20h ago

Political History On this day in Texas History, October 14, 1890: Future General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower is born in Denison, Texas.

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