In the 1840s an organization of German noblemen, the MainznerAdelsverein, attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the Texas frontier. Nassau Plantation, located near modern-day Round Top, Texas, in northern Fayette County, was a significant part of this story. No one, however, has adequately documented the role of the slave plantation or given a convincing explanation of the Adelsverein from the German point of view.
James C. Kearney has studied a wealth of original source material (much of it in German) to illuminate the history of the plantation...
In the 1840s an organization of German noblemen, the MainznerAdelsverein, attempted to settle thousands of German emigrants on the T...