The Freedmen's Bureau and Black Texans
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The Freedmen's Bureau and Black Texans by Barry Crouch
Drawing on a wealth of previously unused documentation in the National Archives, this book offers new insights into the workings of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the difficulties faced by Texas Bureau officials, who served in a remote and somewhat isolated area with little support from headquarters.
The] episodes in Texas Reconstruction history that MrCrouch relates, perhaps do more than broad generalizations to explain why the Freedmen's Bureau failed, and how we lost the peace after the Civil War. * New York Times Book Review *
Crouch skillfully presents the Freedmen's Bureau as one of the most unique, misunderstood, and maligned ad hoc reform agencies ever devised by a democratic government in the name of social and political freedom and equality. * East Texas Historical Journal *
. . . breaks new ground in Reconstruction history. [Crouch's] study is among the first on the bureau in Texas and the first to focus on the subdistrict agent, the subassistant commissioner. * Journal of Southern History *
Crouch skillfully presents the Freedmen's Bureau as one of the most unique, misunderstood, and maligned ad hoc reform agencies ever devised by a democratic government in the name of social and political freedom and equality. * East Texas Historical Journal *
. . . breaks new ground in Reconstruction history. [Crouch's] study is among the first on the bureau in Texas and the first to focus on the subdistrict agent, the subassistant commissioner. * Journal of Southern History *
BARRY A. CROUCHThe late Barry Crouch was Professor of History at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., for twenty-one years. His books include The Freedmen's Bureau and Black Texans and The Dance of Freedom: Texas African Americans during Reconstruction.DONALY E. BRICEA well-known historian and lecturer who served as Reference Archivist at the Texas State Archives, Brice works in retirement for the Archives as Senior Reference Specialist. He also coauthored Cullen Montgomery Baker: Reconstruction Desperado with Barry A. Crouch.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780292712195 |
| ISBN 10 | 0292712197 |
| Title | The Freedmen's Bureau and Black Texans |
| Author | Barry Crouch |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Texas Press |
| Year published | 1999-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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