Texas: Yates House
The Yates House was built by Reverend John Henry Yates, an emancipated slave who later served as the minister for Antioch Baptist Church, founder of Bethel Baptist Church, and organizer of the Houston Academy in 1894. ‘Construction of this house a mere five years after Emancipation illustrates the indomitable spirit of a formerly enslaved population that was transitioning into a free society in Houston,’ according to the Heritage Society at Sam Houston Park in Houston.
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