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Two RECONSTRUCTING BLACK FAMILIES Perspectives from the Texas Freedmen’s Bureau Records

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© 2021 University of Texas Press

© 2021 University of Texas Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. FOREWORD vii
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  5. INTRODUCTION xiii
  6. PART I Historiography
  7. One “UNMANACLING” TEXAS RECONSTRUCTION A Twenty-Year Perspective 3
  8. POSTSCRIPT TO PART I 36
  9. PART II Freedom
  10. Two RECONSTRUCTING BLACK FAMILIES Perspectives from the Texas Freedmen’s Bureau Records 39
  11. Three BLACK DREAMS AND WHITE JUSTICE 54
  12. Four SEEKING EQUALITY Houston Black Women during Reconstruction 69
  13. POSTSCRIPT TO PART II 90
  14. PART III Reaction
  15. Five A SPIRIT OF LAWLESSNESS White Violence, Texas Blacks, 1865 –1868 95
  16. Six CRISIS IN COLOR Racial Separation in Texas during Reconstruction 118
  17. Seven “ALL THE VILE PASSIONS” The Texas Black Code of 1866 134
  18. Eight THE FETTERS OF JUSTICE Black Texans and the Penitentiary during Reconstruction 159
  19. POSTSCRIPT TO PART III 181
  20. PART IV Freedmen’s Bureau Agents and African American Politicians
  21. Nine GUARDIAN OF THE FREEDPEOPLE Texas Freedmen’s Bureau Agents and the Black Community 185
  22. Ten HESITANT RECOGNITION Texas Black Politicians, 1865 –1900 203
  23. Eleven SELF-DETERMINATION AND LOCAL BLACK LEADERS IN TEXAS 227
  24. Twelve A POLITICAL EDUCATION George T. Ruby and the Texas Freedmen’s Bureau 241
  25. POSTSCRIPT TO PART IV 255
  26. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS BY BARRY A. CROUCH 257
  27. INDEX 261
The Dance of Freedom
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https://doi.org/10.7560/714632-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. FOREWORD vii
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
  5. INTRODUCTION xiii
  6. PART I Historiography
  7. One “UNMANACLING” TEXAS RECONSTRUCTION A Twenty-Year Perspective 3
  8. POSTSCRIPT TO PART I 36
  9. PART II Freedom
  10. Two RECONSTRUCTING BLACK FAMILIES Perspectives from the Texas Freedmen’s Bureau Records 39
  11. Three BLACK DREAMS AND WHITE JUSTICE 54
  12. Four SEEKING EQUALITY Houston Black Women during Reconstruction 69
  13. POSTSCRIPT TO PART II 90
  14. PART III Reaction
  15. Five A SPIRIT OF LAWLESSNESS White Violence, Texas Blacks, 1865 –1868 95
  16. Six CRISIS IN COLOR Racial Separation in Texas during Reconstruction 118
  17. Seven “ALL THE VILE PASSIONS” The Texas Black Code of 1866 134
  18. Eight THE FETTERS OF JUSTICE Black Texans and the Penitentiary during Reconstruction 159
  19. POSTSCRIPT TO PART III 181
  20. PART IV Freedmen’s Bureau Agents and African American Politicians
  21. Nine GUARDIAN OF THE FREEDPEOPLE Texas Freedmen’s Bureau Agents and the Black Community 185
  22. Ten HESITANT RECOGNITION Texas Black Politicians, 1865 –1900 203
  23. Eleven SELF-DETERMINATION AND LOCAL BLACK LEADERS IN TEXAS 227
  24. Twelve A POLITICAL EDUCATION George T. Ruby and the Texas Freedmen’s Bureau 241
  25. POSTSCRIPT TO PART IV 255
  26. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS BY BARRY A. CROUCH 257
  27. INDEX 261
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