for just over 150 years when I was born. They
came to Texas from Tennesee in the mid 19th c
in covered wagons, enticed by the Spanish land
grants in Texas. Each grant was 208 acres, so
they got two and divided it up 4 ways. So my
grandparents farm about 75 miles south of
Dallas was 104 acres.
My dad's parents were the last ones. All the kids
got out by way of the New Deal and the GI Bill
after WWII. IOW, they took everything the
government had to offer. But once they made it,
they did not want to share it with Black or
unworthy people... and they all turned Republican.
My aunt found slave papers of some of them
when they farmed in Tennessee.
They are all very racist and bigoted. They used
all the code language, and honestly believed
that Blacks were inferior and lazy.. and that
whites were hardworking and superior.
Even today, when a Republican calls their
constituents "hard'working families, I cringe...
because the only reason Blacks are thought
of as not being those things is strictly because
of white racism.