{"product_id":"9781574416145","title":"Free Blacks in Antebellum Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFree Blacks in Antebellum Texas \u003c\/i\u003ecollects the essays of Harold R. Schoen and Andrew Forest Muir, early scholars who conducted the most complete studies on the topic, although neither published a book. Schoen published six articles on “The Free Negro in Republic of Texas” and Muir four articles on free blacks in Texas before the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFree black Texans experienced the dangers and risks of life on the frontier in Texas. Those experiences, and many others, required of them a strength and fortitude that evidenced the spirit and abilities of free blacks in antebellum Texas. Sometimes with support from a few whites, as well as their own efforts, they struggled and survived. Editors Bruce A. Glasrud and Milton S. Jordan include a thoughtful introduction and a wide-ranging bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Schoen and Muir were first-rate historians, and their pioneering work stands today as outstanding scholarship.”—Randolph B. Campbell, author of \u003ci\u003eGone to Texas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Empire for Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049118056688,"sku":"9781574416145","price":32.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781574416145_p0.jpg?v=1763796829","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781574416145","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}