ENGLISH

Promised Land : Solms, Castro, and Sam Houston's Colonization Contracts

By Jefferson Morgenthaler

Book information

Publisher
Texas A&M University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9781603443586, 9781603441193
LCC
F390 -- .M853 2009eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1986588 bytes)
Series
Sam Rayburn Series on Rural Life, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Commerce
Edition
1
Pages
249\249
Time added
2023-08-10 11:07:37
-- 1786-1865. ; Adelsverein -- History. ; Texas ---- 1812-1875. ; Castro-- Prinz zuCarlHenriSolms-Braunfels

Description

In 1842, Sam Houston, president of the new Texas Republic, wanted four things: peace with Mexico, peace with the native population, financing from Europe, and productive settlers for his vast, new country. He issued colonization contracts in an effort to meet all these objectives, but only two of President Houston’s contracts actually resulted in permanent settlement. Promised Land provides a close examination of the circumstances surrounding the colonization contract issued to Henri Castro of France and the contract assumed by Germany’s Adelsverein.

Similar books