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African American History Infogtaphic

Comprehensive guide into African American History living in Bexar County during the 1900s:

There were few records of enslaved people in Bexar but their was baptsim registery records of the local catholic church. The records included the % of african and mixed race people.

African Americans where crowded in four wards mostly in the east side of san antonio depedning on what occupation they worked in.

Colonial Legacy Decent:

1870 Segregation housing:

Arrival 1860:

Farm census of 1860:

Labor occupation 1860:

Due to the arrival of Texas Anglos pouring into texas and the success of sugar & cotten it caused for a demand in the enslaved workforce all over texas increasing the overall population of ensalved people.

The type of labor enslaved men & women did varied. Slaveowners who owned more than 4 slaves typically had the most strenous longest " job positions". The vast majoirty of enslaved people where farrmers.

The end of slavery had an effect on farms & ranches that relied on labor to ensure it's overall success. Farms declined significantly as changes for enslaved people adapted.