Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow (Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture)
Thad Sitton and James H. Conrad have made an important contribution to African American and southern history with their study of communities fashioned by freedmen in the years after emancipation. (Jeannie M. WhayneJournal of American History2006-03-00)This study is a thoughtful and important addition to an understanding of rural Texas and the nature of black settlements. (Alwyn BarrJournal of Southern History)