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Pioneering Texans: Black Texans in Freedom Colonies

  • Archaeology Now P.O. Box 271062 Houston, Texas, 77277 United States (map)

Join us at Bayou Bend for the Children’s Texas Art Festival for activities that forge a connection to Texas and American heritage.  Learn about the life of a boy and girl who lived in a Freedom Colony, African-American settlements formed throughout Texas in the 1800s after the Civil War.

EXCAVATE  like an archaeologist

DISCOVER plant dyes and make a crazy quilt sample

MAKE a certificate by using quill pens and ink

LEARN about culinary traditions: grind corn & identify seeds

Sunday, January 21, 2024, 1pm – 5pm

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, 6003 Memorial Drive

Map and Directions

Photos courtesy of Becky Lao

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