Servitude Quotes



Austin personally found slavery very repugnant:. But slavery was a part of the early fragile Texas economy and Austin's moral compunctions were subjugated to his perception of economic necessity:


This law required the treatment of Blacks as whites were then treated with respect to indentured servitude—a limit of 10 years after which the person would be free. However, this law was poorly enforced. The “General Court” was the name for the legislature of the Rhode Island colony.