The desperate search of Britt Johnson

Surrounded by a raiding party of Kiowas, Texas’ most respected African-American and three other black teamsters had no choice but to stand and fight on Jan. 27, 1871. Because he was born a slave, next to nothing is known about the early life of Britton Johnson. He was probably in his teens, when his owner Moses Johnson brought him to Texas from Tennessee in the late 1850’s. Upon Johnson’s death…