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Freedom colonies : independent Black Texans in the time of Jim Crow /

In the decades following the Civil War, nearly a quarter of African Americans achieved a remarkable victory-they got their own land. While other ex-slaves and many poor whites became trapped in the exploitative sharecropping system, these independence-seeking individuals settled on pockets of unclai...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sitton, Thad, 1941-
Other Authors: Conrad, James H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 15.
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Online Access:Texto completo