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Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow (Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture (Paperback)) (Updated Edition) by Thad Sitton, James H. Conrad, Richard Orton (Photographer) Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-292-70642-1 / 0292706421 ISBN-13: 978-0-292-70642-2 / 9780292706422 Winner, Friends of the Dallas Public Library Award, 2006Best Book on East Texas, East Texas Historical Association, 2007In 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 beca |