history Presentation by anthony delgado
Let Freedom Ring!
The 1818 Manumission of Three Girls in Spanish Colonial Texas
Plan to attend the February 20th, 2024 Wilson County Historical Society Meeting where Anthony Delgado will highlight the life and times of one Spanish Colonial slave owner in Bexar as well as the three enslaved girls whom she raised and freed in February 1818. He will also share the way in which the 19th century enslaved girls are connected to the Alamo Cenotaph.
The Wilson County Historical Society meets at 6:00PM each third Tuesday of the month at the Wilson County Courthouse located at 1420 3rd Street, Floresville, Texas.