Freedmantown: The evolution of a black neighborhood in Houston, 1865-1880

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dc.contributor.advisorBoles, John B.en_US
dc.creatorPassey, Mary Louiseen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:19:13Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:19:13Zen_US
dc.date.issued1993en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis attempts to provide a better understanding of the urban black experience in the first decade and a half following the war by focusing on the development of a single black neighborhood called Freedmantown in Houston's Fourth Ward. In the post-Civil War period, the black population in Houston increased dramatically. Through blacks' efforts to establish themselves as property owners, Freedmantown developed into a stable, black residential neighborhood quickly after the war's end. Black residents of Freedmantown, however, did not form their own separate social community, nor did Freedmantown become the focus for the rest of the ward's black community institutions. Instead, the residents of Freedmantown remained actively involved in the larger black community of the Fourth Ward. As a result, Freedmantown's residents formed only one part of a multi-neighborhood black community, indicating that individual neighborhoods could develop and prosper without threatening the cohesiveness of the city's larger black community.en_US
dc.format.extent241 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoThesis Hist. 1993 Passeyen_US
dc.identifier.citationPassey, Mary Louise. "Freedmantown: The evolution of a black neighborhood in Houston, 1865-1880." (1993) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17036">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17036</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17036en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectBlack historyen_US
dc.subjectAmerican historyen_US
dc.titleFreedmantown: The evolution of a black neighborhood in Houston, 1865-1880en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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