The African Texans

List of Illustrations vii Foreword ix Introduction 3(2) Chapter 1. Free African Americans before the Civil War 5(8) Chapter 2. Enslaved African Americans before the Civil War 13(18) Chapter 3. Life after Emancipation 31(32) Chapter 4. From Discrimination to Participation during the Twentieth Century 63(24) Chapter 5. Voting, Desegregation, and Economic Opportunity in the Late Twentieth Century 87(12) Conclusion 99(2) Notes 101(8) Bibliographic Essay 109(8) Index 117