Members phkrause Posted February 22 Members Share Posted February 22 Photo illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios; Photos: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley Digital Library Descendants of Silvia Hector Webber — the first free Black woman in present-day Austin and the "Harriet Tubman" of the Underground Railroad to Mexico — are working to resurrect her story. Why it matters: Texas is one of many states that have passed laws limiting discussions about slavery in schools, and Webber's descendants say teaching her story is the best way to fight attempts to erase history, writes Axios' Russell Contreras. Driving the news: Webber's descendants announced that they've found new records showing she was 8 years old when she was sold along with her mother, Sarah, from an area near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Before the announcement at the Briscoe Center for American History, Webber had been a mysterious but influential figure in the often-overlooked Underground Railroad to Mexico. Between the lines: Webber's accomplishments would have remained unknown had it not been for Ohio State history professor María Esther Hammack, who found Webber's freedom papers and has been researching the topic for years. Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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