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    Overlooking The Law: The Practices Against Blacks In Texas From 1821-1872

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    Author/Creator
    Ekong, Enimini Imoh
    Date
    2012
    Type of Work
    Text
    theses
    Department
    History and Geography
    Program
    Master of Arts
    Rights
    This item is made available by Morgan State University for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.
    Subjects
    African American studies
    Freedmen
    American history
    Marriage
    Slavery
    Law
    History
    Abstract
    This study of slavery in Texas concerns how various social practices harmful to blacks was accomplished by overlooking the law between 1680 and 1872 , as demonstrated in slave narratives collected by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1939. What began as an examination of slave codes in the state of Texas ultimately evolved into a much greater fascination with the creation and implementation of various laws for enslaved and freed African Americans. This work thus addresses the a range of practices adopted by slaveholders and white lawmakers in Texas against African Americans, both free and enslaved, that resulted in overlooking the law. Three topics surveyed in this study are family and marriage, labor, and the efforts of the Freedmen's Bureau.


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