African American History In Bexar County
By Julisa Rodriguez
Slavery In Bexar County
In Bexar County, AFrican Americans comprised only 9.7% of the population in 1860. Bexar county was less invested in the institution of slavery due to its largely urban character
percentage of enslaved persons by occupation
A bare majority (51%) of enslaved men and women of these larger slave holders had enslavers who were farmers or stock raisers. Some of these bondsmen and bondswomen may have worked on a cotton crop, but the size of the crop for the county as a whole in 1860 (607 bales) was too small to have required the exploitation of a large labor force.
Bexar county population by race, 1860-1880
Arriving in the city without resources, or an education, or relevant work experience, the freedmen and freedwomen found themselves clinging to the bottom rung of the socio-economic ladder. Historian Alwyn Barr sampled the 1870 federal census for San Antonio to identify the types of employment held by adult males. He found that the percentage of African Americans consigned to unskilled occupations (67%) far exceeded the like percentage for whites whether native (24%) or foreign born (21%), as well as those with an Hispanic surname (61%).
occupations, Afro American males, San Antonio
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African American History In Bexar County
Julisa Rodriguez (student)
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African American History In Bexar County
By Julisa Rodriguez
Slavery In Bexar County
In Bexar County, AFrican Americans comprised only 9.7% of the population in 1860. Bexar county was less invested in the institution of slavery due to its largely urban character
percentage of enslaved persons by occupation
A bare majority (51%) of enslaved men and women of these larger slave holders had enslavers who were farmers or stock raisers. Some of these bondsmen and bondswomen may have worked on a cotton crop, but the size of the crop for the county as a whole in 1860 (607 bales) was too small to have required the exploitation of a large labor force.
Bexar county population by race, 1860-1880
Arriving in the city without resources, or an education, or relevant work experience, the freedmen and freedwomen found themselves clinging to the bottom rung of the socio-economic ladder. Historian Alwyn Barr sampled the 1870 federal census for San Antonio to identify the types of employment held by adult males. He found that the percentage of African Americans consigned to unskilled occupations (67%) far exceeded the like percentage for whites whether native (24%) or foreign born (21%), as well as those with an Hispanic surname (61%).
occupations, Afro American males, San Antonio
Sources