CT wrote Tomlinson Hill....how two families , one white one black evovled in the Brazos River Valley
the Black Tomlinson's took thier name from their slaveholder .......
The white Tomlisons spawned some 'thinker's and writers and a bowling alley owner..
the Black Tomlinsons gave us LT... TCU great and .arguably one of football's greatest stars and a consummate human being
from Amazon: "Journalist Chris Tomlinson grew up hearing stories about his family's abandoned cotton plantation in Falls County, Texas. Most of the tales lionized his white ancestors for pioneering along the Brazos River. His grandfather often said the family's slaves loved them so much that they also took Tomlinson as their last name. LaDainian Tomlinson, football great and former running back for the San Diego Chargers, spent part of his childhood playing on the same land that his black ancestors had worked as slaves. "
CT wrote Tomlinson Hill....how two families , one white one black evovled in the Brazos River Valley
the Black Tomlinson's took thier name from their slaveholder .......
The white Tomlisons spawned some 'thinker's and writers and a bowling alley owner..
the Black Tomlinsons gave us LT... TCU great and .arguably one of football's greatest stars and a consummate human being
from Amazon: "Journalist Chris Tomlinson grew up hearing stories about his family's abandoned cotton plantation in Falls County, Texas. Most of the tales lionized his white ancestors for pioneering along the Brazos River. His grandfather often said the family's slaves loved them so much that they also took Tomlinson as their last name. LaDainian Tomlinson, football great and former running back for the San Diego Chargers, spent part of his childhood playing on the same land that his black ancestors had worked as slaves. "
Yes, TX Dems need more celebration of us being a US leader in the renewable space instead of more bashing of the TX fossil fuel industry.
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