Title Freedom colonies : independent Black Texans in the time of Jim Crow / by Thad Sitton and James H. Conrad ; with research assistance and photographs by Richard Orton

Edition First edition Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations Series Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 15 Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 15 Contents A terrible freedom -- Making do, getting by -- Saturday nights and Sunday mornings -- School days -- Working for the man -- Decline and remembrance Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-237) and index Notes Print version record Subject African American farmers -- Texas -- History. African Americans -- Land tenure -- Texas -- History. African Americans -- Texas -- Economic conditions. Agricultural colonies -- Texas -- History. Freedmen -- Texas -- History. Land settlement -- Texas -- History. Texas -- Economic conditions. Texas -- History -- 1846-1950. Texas -- Race relations. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book Author Conrad, James H. LC no. 2004009477 ISBN 0292797125 (electronic bk.) 9780292797123 (electronic bk.)

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