Freedom colonies
Subtitle: independent Black Texans in the time of Jim Crow
By: by Thad Sitton and James H. Conrad ; with research assistance and photographs by Richard Orton.
Contributors: Conrad, James H.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;; no. 15
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Freedmen -- 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.
Description: In the decades following the Civil War nearly a quarter of African Americans achieved a remarkable victory - they got their own land.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-237) and index.