Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow: 15 (Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture)

by Thad Sitton (Author), James H. Conrad (Author), Richard Orton (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2005

  $24.47

  Draws on ex-slave narratives, oral histories, written memoirs, and public records to describe how the freedom colonies formed and recreates the lifeways of African Americans who made their living by farming or in skilled trades such as milling. The authors also uncover the forces that led to the decline of the communities from the 1930s onward.