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The dance of freedom : Texas African Americans during Reconstruction / Barry A. Crouch ; edited by Larry Madaras ; foreword by Arnoldo de León.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crouch, Barry A., 1941-
- 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
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Texas--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- 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.
- Freed persons.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Texas.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).
- Race relations.
- History.
- Racism.
- Social conditions.
- Politics and government.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- Texas.
- Texas--Social conditions--19th century.
- Racism--Texas--History--19th century.
- Texas--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Texas--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 268 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "Bibliography of works by Barry A. Crouch": pages [257]-260.
- ISBN:
- 0292714637
- 9780292714632
- 0292714874
- 9780292714878
- OCLC:
- 70673189
- Online:
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