Raisin' cane /
The flourishing and decline of the Texas sugar industry is presented through archival photos, letters, diaries, documents, music and archeological work. Focuses on the early settlement of Austin's Colony and the development of the sugar industry in Texas, where climate, transportation, status o...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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©1995
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| Series: | Adventures in archeology.
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| Summary: | The flourishing and decline of the Texas sugar industry is presented through archival photos, letters, diaries, documents, music and archeological work. Focuses on the early settlement of Austin's Colony and the development of the sugar industry in Texas, where climate, transportation, status of slavery and economic conditions were conducive in the days of the Texas Republic to 1865. As sugarcane plantations developed in the 1840's and 1850's, fortunes were made by their owners, like Brazoria County planter Abner Jackson. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videocassettes (64, 58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 teacher's supplement (12 pages ; 22 cm.). |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Production Credits: | Music, Naomi J. Carrier. |
| ISBN: | 1887122028 (vol. 1) 1887122036 (vol. 2) |