Former Slave Recalls Memories of Old Lavaca County
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Tate Hicks would never forget where he was when slavery was officially abolished, in Texas, on June 19, 1865. "I was living with the Russell family when freedom came," he said. "You are just as free as I am, the mistress told us; you can now go wherever you want."
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The statue at Richmond National Battlefield Park reflects on Lincoln's legacy.
The statue at Richmond National Battlefield Park reflects on Lincoln's legacy.
In 1946, a black man by the name of Tate Hicks told a local paper that he was the oldest man in Lavaca County. Fact is, he came to Texas as a slave and as was the practice back then he took the last name of the man who owned him, that person being A.W. Hicks, one of the first settlers of Hallettsville.
During an interview with The Lavaca County Tribune, Hicks said this country was still…
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