01537cam a2200289 4500 165888724 TxAuBib 20110303120000.0 110216s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780896726543 0896726541 TxAuBib Mears, Michelle M. And Grace will Lead Me Home : African American Freedmen Communities of Austin, Texas, 1865-1928 / By Michelle M. Mears. 2009 Hardcover Edition. Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, 2009. 233. Focuses on the history of black freedmen communities in Austin, Texas, from 1865 to 1928. After emancipation at least fifteen freedmen communities formed in Austin and nearby rural settlements, disappearing by 1928. Covers the births an deaths of these communities; also describes the lives of those who lived there. 20101010. Freedmen - Texas - Austin - History -19th Century. African American Neighborhoods - Texas - Austin - History - 19th Century. Austin (Tex.) - Race Relations - HIstory - 19th Century. Freedmen - Texas - Austin - History - 20th Century. African American Neighborhoods - Texas-Austin - History - 20th Century. Austin (Tex.) - Race Relations - History - 20th Century. TXBAY