Tight Knit Community

ID: 1845 ~ Source: Caufield, Alice Owens, interviewed by Rebecca Sharpless 1993, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
This file appears in: African American Community of Robinsonville

Alice Owens Caufield, born in 1907, describes Robinson's African American community which she grew up in.

This file appears in: African American Community of Robinsonville

By Stephanie Endicott
In 1852, John Robinson arrived in Central Texas, from Demopolis, Alabama, with his family and six slaves, founding what would soon become known as Robinsonville. Two years later, his brother Levi joined him, bringing his own family and an additional…