02832cam a2200397 i 4500 1164423914 TxAuBib 20150825120000.0 141212s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014032061 9780806147031 hardback : alkaline paper 0806147032 hardback : alkaline paper (OCoLC)894140208 DLC eng rda DLC YDXCP BDX BTCTA OCLCO TxAuBib rda Jackson, Ron, 1966- Joe, the slave who became an Alamo legend / Ron J. Jackson, Jr. and Lee Spencer White ; foreword by Phil Collins. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2015. xxiv, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. March 5, 1836 -- Marthasville -- Chattel -- St. Louis -- This Side of the Grave -- Gone to Texas -- Harrisburg -- North Star -- Another Soul Gone -- William Barret Travis -- Shadowing Legends -- Dogs of War -- Into the Unknown -- A Passing Comet -- The Wolf -- Besieged -- Fate -- Defining Hour -- The Hourglass -- Between Two Worlds -- March 6, 1836 -- From the Ashes -- "Travis's Negro" -- The Estate -- Legendary Journey -- Shadows and Ghosts -- Afterword. "Among the fifty or so Texan survivors of the siege of the Alamo was Joe, the personal slave of Lt. Col. William Barret Travis. First interrogated by Santa Anna, Joe was allowed to depart (along with Susana Dickinson) and eventually made his way to the seat of the revolutionary government at Washington-on-the-Brazos. Joe was then returned to the Travis estate in Columbia, Texas, near the coast. He escaped in 1837 and was never captured. Ron J. Jackson and Lee White have meticulously researched plantation ledgers, journals, memoirs, slave narratives, ship logs, newspapers, personal letters, and court documents to fill in the gaps of Joe's story. "Joe, the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend" provides not only a recovered biography of an individual lost to history, but also offers a fresh vantage point from which to view the events of the Texas Revolution"-- Provided by publisher. 20150825. Joe 1815- Travis, William Barret 1809-1836 Friends and associates. African Americans Texas Biography. Slaves Texas Biography. Fugitive slaves Texas Biography. Legends Texas. Alamo (San Antonio, Tex) Siege, 1836. Texas History Revolution, 1835-1836 Biography. White, Lee Spencer, 1955- TXKIP