Black, Reading W. (Reading Wood), 1830-1867

Reading Wood Black (1830-1867) of Uvalde, Texas, was alandowner and merchant at the head of the Leon River, a commissioner to the Comanche and Kickapoo Indians, and a member of the Texas Legislature (1866). His opposition to treatment of German settlers by Confederate soldiers caused him to flee as a refugee to Mexico during the Civil War. Tom Wall killed Black, who had aroused local resentment by his Unionism and attempts to found a Loyal Union League in Uvalde.

From the guide to the Reading Wood Black Papers, 1847-1892, 1934, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

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