Hillcrest Circle in Richmond in Fort Bend County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

The Lamar Slaves

Photographed By James Hulse, October 24, 2023

1. The Lamar Slaves Marker

Inscription. Prior to the Civil War and emancipation, Fort Bend plantation owners commonly utilized slaves to provide agriculture and domestic labor. By 1855 there were 105,186 slaves in Texas, 1,746 of which were in Fort Bend County. Male slaves here would have tended cotton, corn, and lesser crops, managed and slaughtered livestock, cut wood for sale and plantation use, mended fences, and drove wagons and carriages. Female slaves served as maids, cooks, laundresses, seamstresses, housekeepers and caregivers for children. Both sexes participated in the cotton harvest. The economic success of Fort Bend County was substantially a result of the effort of the slaves.

Lamar's slaves arrived here in July 1853 to work with the slaves of Jane Long in order to produce the cotton and corn crops for that year. The slaves known to have lived here were: Lawrence, Wesley, Frederick, Ralph, William, Frank, Fanny, Lucy, Charlotte, Dilcey, Frances, Martha, Reuben, and Rachel.

Captions
Lower Right: Henrietta Lamar, Unknown Slave, and Daughter Loretto, Courtesy of Fort Bend County Museum Association

Erected by Fort Bend County.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans •

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Anthropology & Archaeology • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1853.

Location. 29° 34.625′ N, 95° 45.058′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Texas, in Fort Bend County. It is in Hillcrest Circle. Marker is on Eugene Heimann Circle, 0.1 miles east of Richmond Parkway. The marker is located in the southeastern section of the Mirabeau B. Lamar Homestead Park and Archaeological Reserve. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Richmond TX 77469, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Lamar's Last Years in Richmond (a few steps from this marker); Site of the Home of Mirabeau B. Lamar (within shouting distance of this marker); Cisterns (within shouting distance of this marker); Natural tributes of the Site (within shouting distance of this marker); Lamar Moves to Richmond (within shouting distance of this marker); Pioneer Artifacts (within shouting distance of this marker); The Second Mrs. Lamar (within shouting distance of this marker); Agriculture (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.

Also see . . . Slavery. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA)

Texas was the last frontier of chattel slavery
Photographed By James Hulse, October 24, 2023

2. The view of the Lamar Slaves Marker along the pathway
in the United States. In the fewer than fifty years between 1821 and 1865, the "Peculiar Institution," as Southerners called it, spread over the eastern two-fifths of the state, an area nearly as large as Alabama and Mississippi combined. Slavery thus linked Texas inextricably with the Old South.

(Submitted on October 31, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 31, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 79 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 31, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.