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Institute of Texan Cultures at UTSA [68-1099]. Courtesy of Agnes Shields Payne.

Sampson July Family

In Texas, fugitives often found shelter among the black Seminoles, who lived on the Texas Mexico border. The Sampson July a black Seminole family had settled near Eagle Pass.

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Image ID: 02_059
Title: Members of the July family pose outside their residence, a jacal structure. Sergeant Ben July, far left, next to his father, Sampson July, and his mother, Mary July, center. Las Moras Village, a Black Seminole community adjacent to Fork Clark, Brackettville, Texas.
Name: Hall, Ichabod Nelson (ca. 1905) - Photographer
Location: Institute of Texan Cultures at UTSA [68-1099]. Courtesy of Agnes Shields Payne.
Subjects: African Americans
Black Seminoles
Families -- United States
Texas

Keywords: Fugitive Slaves - Families
Fugitive Slaves - Texas
July, Sampson
Seminole
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