To mark the 400th anniversary of the beginning of slavery in America, the San Marcos Public Library will be hosting a panel discussion with author and historian Joleene “Jo” Snider and artist Robert “Bob” Jones on their creative collaboration on Snider’s book “Claiming Sunday: The Story of a Texas Slave Community.”
Dr. Elvin Holt of the Calaboose African American History Museum will moderate the panel discussion.
“Claiming Sunday” is a historical book illustrating and detailing the daily lives of the slaves owned by the Devereux Family from 1830 to 1865. The Devereux slave community was brought to Texas from Alabama in 1841 by their owners John and Julien Devereux, according to Snider.
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