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Sitton, Thad.

Freedom Colonies : Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages) - Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture Series . - Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Terrible Freedom -- Chapter 3: Making Do, Getting By -- Chapter 4: Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings -- Chapter 5: School Days -- Chapter 6: Working for the Man -- Chapter 7: Decline and Remembrance -- Appendix: Freedmen's Settlements and Other Rural African American Landowner Communities, by County -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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ISBN: 9780292797123

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Freed persons-Texas-History.
African American farmers-Texas-History.
African Americans-Land tenure-Texas-History.
African Americans-Texas-Economic conditions.
Agricultural colonies-Texas-History.
Land settlement-Texas-History.
Texas-History-1846-1950.
Texas-Race relations.
Texas-Economic conditions.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: E185

Dewey Class. No.: 333.33/5