Levi Jordan & Varner-Hogg Plantations Virtual Book Club
Thursday 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.Ima Hogg: The Governor's Daughter by Virginia Bernhard This is the story of Ima Hogg, the only daughter of Governor James Stephen Hogg. Ima was born in 1882 and died in 1975 at the age of 93, and she became a legend in her own right. Ima attended the University of Texas, studied music in New York City, and was a beneficiary of her father’s investment in the oil boom in West Columbia, Texas. Ima devoted much of her life to the enrichment of the educational and cultural life of Texas and gave her house and Early American art and furniture collection at the Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site to the people of Texas in 1958.
Levi Jordan & Varner-Hogg Plantations Virtual Book Club
Thursday 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf Coast, 1822-1895 by John R. Lundberg Description: This book examines slavery and Reconstruction in what the author calls the lowcountry – Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, and Wharton Counties. By 1861, more than 70% of this regional population were enslaved people. These demographics established the Texas Lowcountry as a distinct region in terms of population and social structure. This book explores the region as a borderland, chronicles the history of the enslavers and the enslaved, and details the experiences of freed people in the region during Reconstruction.
Levi Jordan & Varner-Hogg Plantations Virtual Book Club
Thursday 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? by Frederick Douglass This speech was given at a meeting of the Rochester Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society on July 5, 1852, in hopes of celebrating the 4th of July. Instead, Douglass draws upon his own experiences as an escaped slave and exposes the hypocrisy of America’s claim to Christian and democratic ideals despite its legacy of enslavement. The speech helped inspire the burgeoning abolitionist movement, which fought tirelessly for emancipation in the following decade leading up to the Civil War.
Levi Jordan & Varner-Hogg Plantations Virtual Book Club
Thursday 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris This book provides a narrative history of the foods and foodways that began in Africa, traversed the Atlantic slave routes, and entered into the American continent. The author describes the foods of the African American experience, and details how each became a part of American culture, history, and identity. This book also offers 20 recipes amongst stories and essays written about food and how it traveled and made its impact on the world.