TY - BOOK AU - Sitton,Thad AU - Conrad,James H. AU - Orton,Richard TI - Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow T2 - Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture Series SN - 9780292797123 AV - E185 U1 - 333.33/5 PY - 2005/// CY - Austin PB - University of Texas Press KW - Freed persons-Texas-History KW - African American farmers-Texas-History KW - African Americans-Land tenure-Texas-History KW - African Americans-Texas-Economic conditions KW - Agricultural colonies-Texas-History KW - Land settlement-Texas-History KW - Texas-History-1846-1950 KW - Texas-Race relations KW - Texas-Economic conditions KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - No detailed description available for "Freedom Colonies" UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3571722 ER -