The Canary Islanders in Texas

The Canary Islanders in Texas
Title The Canary Islanders in Texas PDF eBook
Author Armando Curbelo Fuentes
Publisher Trinity University Press
Pages 211
Release 2018-05-30
Genre History
ISBN 1595348468

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Immigrants from the archipelago of the Spanish Canary Islands off the coast of Western Africa played a vital role in San Antonio’s early history. Canary Islanders in Texas tells the story of the fifty-five Canary Islanders who arrived in South Texas in 1731 and founded the original municipality of San Fernando de Béxar (renamed San Antonio in the nineteenth century after Texas’s independence from Mexico). Through the reflections and records of María Curbelo, the last surviving member of the original settlers, readers learn of the many challenges these early settlers faced, including the assignment of land grants, distribution of riverine water, and protesting perceived monopolies of labor for the construction of homes and other structures by Franciscan missionaries. For over a century Canary Islanders and their descendants controlled municipal policy in San Antonio, Their influence began to decline beginning in 1845, however, with the annexation of Texas and the introduction of United States governance. More than five thousand isleños live in San Antonio today, many of them descendants of the original settlers. Their influence can be seen in the city’s history, culture, music, and philanthropy. Their legacy is celebrated through numerous cultural groups and organizations.

Canary Islanders of San Antonio

Canary Islanders of San Antonio
Title Canary Islanders of San Antonio PDF eBook
Author Edited by Hector Pacheco
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Pages 1
Release 2018
Genre History
ISBN 1467138215

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"Acting on a decree from the king of Spain, the first Canary Islanders arrived in San Antonio in 1731, just thirteen years after the city's founding. In the intervening centuries, the descendants of those sixteen families became inextricably intertwined with the story of their chosen home. From the formation of the first city council to the siege of the Alamo, they contributed to the formative moments of San Antonio's legacy. Several of these descendants collected oral family traditions and combed archival records to preserve this important thread running through the rich tapestry of San Antonio's heritage."--Amazon.

With Domingo Leal in San Antonio, 1734

With Domingo Leal in San Antonio, 1734
Title With Domingo Leal in San Antonio, 1734 PDF eBook
Author Marian L. Martinello
Publisher University of Texas Press
Pages 88
Release 1979
Genre History
ISBN

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A day in the life of seven-year-old Domingo, who migrated with his family from the Canary Islands to the Spanish Province of Texas.

The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783

The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783
Title The Canary Islands Migration to Louisiana, 1778-1783 PDF eBook
Author Sidney Louis Villeré
Publisher
Pages 126
Release 1972
Genre History
ISBN

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Contains shiplists of immigrants to Louisiana.

San Juan Bautista

San Juan Bautista
Title San Juan Bautista PDF eBook
Author Robert S. Weddle
Publisher University of Texas Press
Pages 502
Release 2010-07-22
Genre History
ISBN 0292785615

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Winner, Presidio La Bahia Award, Sons of the Republic of Texas, 1978 In their efforts to assert dominion over vast reaches of the (now U.S.) Southwest in the seventeenth century, the Spanish built a series of far-flung missions and presidios at strategic locations. One of the most important of these was San Juan Bautista del Río Grande, located at the present-day site of Guerrero in Coahuila, Mexico. Despite its significance as the main entry point into Spanish Texas during the colonial period, San Juan Bautista was generally forgotten until the first publication of this book in 1968. Weddle's narrative is a fascinating chronicle of the many religious, military, colonial, and commerical expeditions that passed through San Juan and a valuable addition to knowledge of the Spanish borderlands. It won the Texas Institute of Letters Amon G. Carter Award for Best Southwest History in 1969.

The Miner's Canary

The Miner's Canary
Title The Miner's Canary PDF eBook
Author Lani GUINIER
Publisher Harvard University Press
Pages 402
Release 2009-06-30
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0674038037

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Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. Addressing these issues is essential. Ignoring racial differences--race blindness--has failed. Focusing on individual achievement has diverted us from tackling pervasive inequalities. Now, in a powerful and challenging book, Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres propose a radical new way to confront race in the twenty-first century. Given the complex relationship between race and power in America, engaging race means engaging standard winner-take-all hierarchies of power as well. Terming their concept political race, Guinier and Torres call for the building of grass-roots, cross-racial coalitions to remake those structures of power by fostering public participation in politics and reforming the process of democracy. Their illuminating and moving stories of political race in action include the coalition of Hispanic and black leaders who devised the Texas Ten Percent Plan to establish equitable state college admissions criteria, and the struggle of black workers in North Carolina for fair working conditions that drew on the strength and won the support of the entire local community. The aim of political race is not merely to remedy racial injustices, but to create truly participatory democracy, where people of all races feel empowered to effect changes that will improve conditions for everyone. In a book that is ultimately not only aspirational but inspirational, Guinier and Torres envision a social justice movement that could transform the nature of democracy in America.

300 Years of San Antonio and Bexar County

300 Years of San Antonio and Bexar County
Title 300 Years of San Antonio and Bexar County PDF eBook
Author Claudia R. Guerra
Publisher Maverick Books
Pages 280
Release 2019-07-30
Genre History
ISBN 9781595348937

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The iconic stories, moments, people, and places that define one of the oldest communities in the United States