Matthew Gaines was a former slave, community leader, minister, Republican State Senator and courageous leader in the 12th Legislature, which established free public education in the State of Texas and enabled the founding of Texas A&M University. Gaines was born on August 4, 1840 near Alexandria, Louisiana to a female slave owned by the Martin […]
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