The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf Coast, 1822-1895

by John R. Lundberg

In The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf Coast, 1822-1895 , author John R. Lundberg examines slavery and Reconstruction in a region of Texas he terms the lowcountry--an area encompassing the lower reaches of the Brazos and Colorado Rivers and their tributaries as they wend their way toward the Gulf of Mexico through what is today Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, and Wharton Counties. In the two decades before the Civil War, European...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1648431755
• ISBN13: 9781648431753
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"