Deep Roots Vol. 2 — Towns They Built: Freedmen's Towns of Texas (EPUB)

After emancipation, freedpeople across Texas bought land and built towns of their own — and this book tells seven of those stories with the receipts attached. Independence Heights, incorporated in 1915 and dissolved by its own residents' vote in 1928; Freedmen's Town, which paved its own streets; Deep Ellum and the North Dallas Freedman's Town it grew from, kept distinct; St. John Colony; Clarksville, with its founding question printed open; and Kendleton, whose ballot fight reached the Supreme Court in Terry v. Adams (1953). All 7 chapters, each closing with its sources and a method note. The clean EPUB edition for any e-reader, tablet, or phone. Two states. One story. All receipts.