Slavery and Freedom in Texas: Stories from the Courtroom, 1821-1871In these absorbing accounts of five court cases, Jason A. Gilmer offers intimate glimpses into Texas society in the time of slavery. Each story unfolds along boundaries between men and women, slave and free, black and white, rich and poor, old and young as rigid social orders are upset in ways that drive people into the courtroom. One case involves a settler in a rural county along the Colorado River, his thirty year relationship with an enslaved