Annual memorial event for Africans enslaved in Texas. Why - TopicsExpress



          

Annual memorial event for Africans enslaved in Texas. Why Galveston? "Galveston beach was a port of entry for our enslaved African ancestors. The Moor Estevanico or Esteban came to the shores of Galveston as a servant, navigator and guide to Portuguese explorers in the year 1528. It is recorded that in the 1780‘s traffic in enslaved Africans flourished by way of Morgan’s Point across the bay from Galveston Island."
Posted on: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 18:16:49 +0000

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