A History of Texas for Schools: Also for General Reading and for Teachers Preparing Themselves for Examination

Title: A History of Texas for Schools: Also for General Reading and for Teachers Preparing Themselves for Examination
Creator: Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker
Description: This textbook offers episodic narratives and illustrations of major events in Texas history beginning with European colonization through the turn of the 20th century. In addition to social history, the book includes descriptions of Texas landscapes and natural resources, and brief summaries of the histories of Texas counties. It also includes biographies of varying lengths for historical figures (majority Anglo American men) who were identified as prominent contributors to the political, economic, and social development of Texas. Page 333 is the only time the word emancipation comes up in the book, and only as a note.
Date: 1907
Type: Textbooks
Subject: Juneteenth
Source: Google Books, digitized by the New York Public Library Feburary 9, 2008.
Rights: Public Domain.

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