America's Lost Black Towns Vol. 1 — Texas: Built From Freedom (Kid-Friendly Edition — EPUB Edition)

After slavery ended, Black families in Texas built towns of their own — and this book tells how three of them were built, and how each one was un-built. In Houston, the people of Freedmen's Town bought bricks and paved their own streets, and four men pooled their money to buy a park. In Independence Heights, families voted to make their neighborhood a real city with its own mayor — the first Black-run city in Texas. In Austin, a man named Charles Clark bought land for $100 so freed families could live together, until the city's own plan tried to push them out. Every chapter ends with The Receipt — one true line to remember — and a note telling you exactly where the story came from.

All 3 chapters, full text (2,733 words). Every chapter closes with its receipts — where the record disagrees, the disagreement is printed, not papered over. The clean EPUB edition, readable on any e-reader, tablet, or phone.