From the Statesman archives: Railroad, freedom colonies changed Austin after Civil War
The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...
City Council may end DEI, remote work
On Jan. 14, four newly-minted elected officials joined three holdovers for the first City Council meeting with a conservative-leaning majority. Highlighted by angry comments over the proposed — and ...
Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...