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Ashworth Act
The Ashworth Act, was an act that was passed by the Texas Senate on December 12, 1840. The Ashworth Act allowed the Ashworth Family as well as all free persons of color and free slaves who were residing in Texas on the day of the declaration of independence, are, and shall be exempt from the operation and provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act concerning Free Persons of Color," ... and that the above named persons, with their families are hereby granted permission to remain in this republic. All free people of color who had come to Texas before March 2, 1836, had the absolute right to remain, "anything in the laws of the country to the contrary notwithstanding" ''(Shades 74)''
==The Ashworths' History==
In a journal written by Tom J. Russell, he noted that the Ashworths' were a family of mixed race. The family was a mix of Portuguese (Moorish race) and Anglo European (White race). The Ashworths' migrated from South Carolina, then moved through Louisiana, and finally ending their journey in the early 1830s in south east Texas, at the town of Beaumont, in the times of when Texas was still a part of Mexico.
The Ashworth Family which consisted of the siblings William, Abner, David, Aaron, and Elisha Thomas. Elisha Thomas was an early resident and brother in-law to William and Abner. While residing in Texas the family became well known to their community and to influential persons of Texas. Before there were roads and towns in Texas, the Ashworth family helped to carve a community out of dense forests and swampy lowlands along the Neches River. A few years after, an Ashworth member joined in the fight for the independence of Texas from Mexico.''(1)''The Ashworths' were identified as people of color, "though nearly white" that rose in both wealth and social standing. William Ashworth made a living operating a ferry(the dominant mode of travel at that time) along the rivers and bays, charging enough per passenger and their possessions to earn a respectable living. The Ashworths' also raised cattle and grew crops, one of the brothers also become also became one of the largest stock raisers in the entire county, in the decade before the Civil War. Like others of their status, they also owned slaves-not relatives, but human beings that they bought, sold, and passed on to their heirs-just like their white counterparts.''(2)''
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