The Dance of Freedom(English, Paperback, Crouch Barry A.)

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The Dance of Freedom(English, Paperback, Crouch Barry A.) is written by Crouch Barry A. and published by University of Texas Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0292714874 (ISBN 10) and 9780292714878 (ISBN 13).

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.