Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Adelsverein
Chapter 2. Joseph Count of Boos-Waldeck
Chapter 3. The Plantation
Chapter 4. Germany and Texas in 1843 and 1844
Chapter 5. The Runaways
Chapter 6. Carl Prince of Solms-Braunfels
Chapter 7. Friedrich von Wrede
Chapter 8. Das Herrenhaus
Chapter 9. The Plantation and Agriculture in Fayette County
Chapter 10. Die Katastrophe
Chapter 11. Otto von Roeder
Chapter 12. Nassau-Rosenberg
Chapter 13. The Adelsverein, the Plantation, and Slavery
Chapter 14. A Clouded Title
Postscript
Appendix A. Boos-Waldeck Purchases
Appendix B. Bourgeois d’Orvanne Inventory
Appendix C. Inventory, December 1847
Appendix D. Slave Inventories
Appendix E. Proclamation Concerning Slavery
Appendix F. Descriptions of the Herrenhaus
A Note on Sources and Abbreviations
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index