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"The day that they freed me to dream and hope that one day my dreams would be real -- that was the day that I was born."
-Harrison Barrett
Over a Century of Heritage
150 Year Legacy
Barrett’s Settlement is a "Freedom Colony" created as a fundamental act of exercising civil rights. It is more than just a town, it was founded as a Strategic, Intentional Community built to provide safety, stability, and economic freedom to a population that was still being oppressed after emancipation. In this way, Barrett's Settlement is a Living Monument to the Texas Civil Rights Movement, demonstrating the struggle for equality from the ground up.