The Dance of Freedom: Texas African Americans during Reconstruction

By Barry A. Crouch

Book Overview

This anthology brings together the late Barry A. Crouch's most important articles on the African American experience in Texas during Reconstruction. Grouped topically, the essays explore what freedom meant to the newly emancipated, how white Texans reacted to the freed slaves, and how Freedmen's Bureau agents and African American politicians worked to improve the lot of ordinary African American Texans. The volume also contains Crouch's seminal review of Reconstruction historiography, "Unmanacling Texas Reconstruction: A Twenty-Year Perspective." The introductory pieces by Arnoldo De Leon and Larry Madaras recapitulate Barry Crouch's scholarly career and pay tribute to his stature in the field of Reconstruction history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292714874
• ISBN13: 9780292714878
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"