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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.

By: Crouch, Barry A, 1941-Contributor(s): Madaras, LarryMaterial type: TextTextSeries: eBooks on EBSCOhostJack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture: no. 19.Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (268 p.)ISBN: 9780292795570 (electronic bk.); 0292795572 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): African Americans -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | African Americans -- Texas -- Social conditions -- 19th century | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | African Americans -- Texas -- Politics and government -- 19th century | Freedmen -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Texas | Texas -- Social conditions -- 19th century | Racism -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | Texas -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century | Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dance of freedom.DDC classification: 976.4/00496073 LOC classification: E185.93.T4 | C75 2007Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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