Title The dance of freedom : Texas African Americans during Reconstruction / Barry A. Crouch ; edited by Larry Madaras ; foreword by Arnoldo de León

Edition 1st ed Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (268 pages) Series Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 19 Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 19 Contents pt. 1. Historiography -- "Unmanacling" Texas Reconstruction : a twenty-year perspective -- pt. 2. Freedom -- Reconstructing Black families : perspectives from the Texas Freedmen's Bureau records -- Black dreams and white justice -- Seeking equality : Houston Black women during Reconstruction -- pt. 3. Reaction -- A spirit of lawlessness : white violence, Texas Blacks, 1865-1868 -- Crisis in color : racial separation in Texas during Reconstruction -- "All the vile passions" : the Texas Black Code of 1866 -- The fetters of justice : Black Texans and the penitentiary during Reconstruction -- pt. 4. Freedmen's Bureau agents and African American politicians -- Guardian of the freedpeople : Texas Freedmen's Bureau agents and the Black community -- Hesitant recognition : Texas Black politicians, 1865-1900 -- Self-determination and local Black leaders in Texas -- A political education : George T. Ruby and the Texas Freedmen's Bureau Summary This anthology brings together the late Barry A. Crouch's most important articles on the African American experience in Texas during Reconstruction. Grouped topically, the essays explore what freedom meant to the newly emancipated, how white Texans reacted to the freed slaves, and how Freedmen's Bureau agents and African American politicians worked to improve the lot of ordinary African American Texans. The volume also contains Crouch's seminal review of Reconstruction historiography, "Unmanacling Texas Reconstruction: A Twenty-Year Perspective." The introductory pieces by Arnoldo De Leon and Larry Madaras recapitulate Barry Crouch's scholarly career and pay tribute to his stature in the field of Reconstruction history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject African Americans -- Texas -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- Texas -- Social conditions -- 19th century African Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 19th century African Americans -- Texas -- Politics and government -- 19th century Freed persons -- Texas -- History -- 19th century Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Texas Racism -- Texas -- History -- 19th century HISTORY -- State & Local -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) African Americans African Americans -- Civil rights African Americans -- Politics and government African Americans -- Social conditions Freed persons Politics and government Race relations Racism Social conditions Ethnische Beziehungen Reconstruction Sklave Freigelassener SUBJECT Texas -- Social conditions -- 19th century Texas -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134280 Subject Texas United States Texas Schwärze Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Madaras, Larry LC no. 2006023207 ISBN 9780292795570 0292795572

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