Contains over twenty-five oral history narratives of former slaves in Texas during the nineteenth century, discussing their family relations, entertainment, work on plantations, and how they were treated by their owners.
Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.
Presents a comprehensive biography of inventor, statesman, and third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, that examines his sometimes controversial personal and professional life in the context of eighteenth-century America.
