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'Freedom Colonies' tells the story of the African Americans who, in the wake of the Civil War, managed to acquire unclaimed land that they made productive and turned into successful family farms. It is estimated that a quarter of African Americans thus evaded the share-cropping system.Sitton, Thad is the author of 'Freedom Colonies Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow', published 2005 under ISBN 9780292706422 and ISBN 0292706421.
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