Into the Thicket – Scalawag
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An area of Deep East Texas—the Thicket and surrounding areas—is home to one of the largest concentrations of settlements known as Freedom Colonies,

Freedom Colonies are towns and communities that were founded by freed slaves after Emancipation was announced in Galveston in 1865. Before that, we know these places to be marooned communities. There are over 500 estimated Freedom Colonies in the state of Texas.

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