The Red Brick Church was designed by African-American Richard Allen, who was also a member of the Texas Legislature. Erected in 1875, the church was the first brick structure owned by African-Americans in Houston. The second story was added in 1890. Today, members still worship at the...
Around the same time, settlers from the United States began crossing the newly created state of Louisiana: Many of them were slave owners from the South in search of new lands for cotton cultivation. President John Quincy Adam tried to purchase Texas for a million dollars in 1826, but Mexico...