The first migrants : how Black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration /

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The First Migrants explores the narrative histories of Black homesteaders in the Great Plains and the larger themes that characterize their shared experiences.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Edwards, Richard, 1944- (Autor), Friefeld, Jacob K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : [University of Nebraska Press], [2023]
Temas:
African American farmers > Great Plains > History.
African Americans > Migrations.
Agricultural colonies > Great Plains > History.
African Americans > Land tenure > Great Plains > History.
African American pioneers > Great Plains > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Great Plains.
African American farmers > Great Plains > History.
African Americans > Migrations.
Agricultural colonies > Great Plains > History.
African Americans > Land tenure > Great Plains > History.
African American pioneers > Great Plains > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Great Plains.
HISTORY / African American & Black.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.
Great Plains > History.
HISTORY / African American & Black
Frontier and pioneer life.
Agricultural colonies.
African Americans > Land tenure.
African American pioneers.
African American farmers.
Great Plains > History.
Great Plains.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on terminology
  • 1. Land!
  • 2. Push and pull
  • 3. A new start at Nicodemus
  • 4. Nicodemus flourishes
  • 5. Henry and Mary Burden's flight to freedom
  • 6. Homesteading alone
  • 7. DeWitty and the sandhills
  • 8. The Speese Family odyssey
  • 9. Opportunity in Sully County
  • 10. Tragedy and failure at empire
  • 11. Oscar Micheaux, "The homesteader"
  • 12. Sand and Success at Dearfield
  • 13. Struggles in the desert at Blackdom
  • 14. Black homesteaders and the Great Migration
  • 15. Gen H's legacy
  • Epilogue: Where are black farmers?
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliographys
  • Index.

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