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Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Soil survey of Fort Bend County, Texas
Author: Freedom Colonies
Author: Thad SittonPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292706421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
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 unclaimed land that had been deemed too poor for farming and turned them into successful family farms. In these self-sufficient rural communities, often known as "freedom colonies," African Americans created a refuge from the discrimination and violence that routinely limited the opportunities of blacks in the Jim Crow South. Freedom Colonies is the first book to tell the story of these independent African American settlements. Thad Sitton and James Conrad focus on communities in Texas, where blacks achieved a higher percentage of land ownership than in any other state of the Deep South. The authors draw on a vast reservoir of ex-slave narratives, oral histories, written memoirs, and public records to describe how the freedom colonies formed and to recreate the lifeways of African Americans who made their living by farming or in skilled trades such as milling and blacksmithing. They also uncover the forces that led to the decline of the communities from the 1930s onward, including economic hard times and the greed of whites who found legal and illegal means of taking black-owned land. And they visit some of the remaining communities to discover how their independent way of life endures into the twenty-first century.
Lone Star
Author: T. R. FehrenbachPublisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497609704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 949
Book Description
The definitive account of the incomparable Lone Star state by the author of Fire & Blood: A History of Mexico. T. R. Fehrenbach is a native Texan, military historian and the author of several important books about the region, but none as significant as this work, arguably the best single volume about Texas ever published. His account of America's most turbulent state offers a view that only an insider could capture. From the native tribes who lived there to the Spanish and French soldiers who wrested the territory for themselves, then to the dramatic ascension of the republic of Texas and the saga of the Civil War years. Fehrenbach describes the changes that disturbed the state as it forged its unique character. Most compelling is the one quality that would remain forever unchanged through centuries of upheaval: the courage of the men and women who struggled to realize their dreams in The Lone Star State.
Soil Survey of Chambers County, Texas
Author: Jack D. CroutPublisher:
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Category : Soil surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The Cattle-trailing Industry
Author: Jimmy M. SkaggsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780806123912
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The harsh business realities of driving cattle are separated in this book from the mythology and folklore of the cattle-trailing era. Jimmy M. Skaggs focuses on the transportation agents who contracted the delivery of cattle for Texas ranchers and drove the animals northward for sale. He reveals them as shrewd "hip-pocket" businessmen.
Freeport Harbor, Texas (45-foot Project).
Author: United States Engineering Corps (Army).Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Federal Water Project Recreation Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular AffairsPublisher:
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Category : Outdoor recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
The History of Texas
Author: Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118617878
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The History of Texas is fully revised and updated in this fifth edition to reflect the latest scholarship in its coverage of Texas history from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Fully revised to reflect the most recent scholarly findings Offers extensive coverage of twentieth-century Texas history Includes an overview of Texas history up to the Election of 2012 Provides online resources for students and instructors, including a test bank, maps, presentation slides, and more
Never Anything So Solemn
Author: Jane E. BuikstraPublisher: Center for Amer Archeology Press
ISBN: 9780942118391
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Privacy Act Systems of Records
Author: United States. Bureau of Land ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government information
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description