Former slave Tom Lee and Czech farm worker Fred Svecina share a drink together, ca. 1910 Following the Civil War, former slaves in Fayette County, Texas found acceptance among and forged political alliances with German and Czech immigrants, most of whom had cared nothing for slavery, secession, or the war. Winedale Photograph Collection, Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Former slave Tom Lee and Czech farm worker Fred Svecina share a drink together, ca. 1910

Following the Civil War, former slaves in Fayette County, Texas found acceptance among and forged political alliances with German and Czech immigrants, most of whom had cared nothing for slavery, secession, or the war.

Winedale Photograph Collection, Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

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