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 which characterize their shared experiences"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Edwards, Richard, 1944- (Author), Friefeld, Jacob K. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : [University of Nebraska Press], 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life.
Agricultural colonies.
African Americans > Migrations.
African Americans > Land tenure.
African American pioneers.
African American farmers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.
HISTORY / African American & Black.
Frontier and pioneer life > Great Plains.
African American pioneers > Great Plains > History.
African Americans > Land tenure > Great Plains > History.
Agricultural colonies > Great Plains > History.
African American farmers > Great Plains > History.
Great Plains.
Great Plains > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Land!
  • Push and Pull
  • A new start at Nicodemus
  • Nicodemus flourishes
  • Henry and Mary Burden's flight to freedom
  • Homesteading alone
  • DeWitty and the Sandhills
  • The Speese Family odyssey
  • Opportunity in Sully County
  • Tragedy and failure at Empire
  • Oscar Micheaux, a/k/a "The Homesteader"
  • Sand and success at Dearfield
  • Struggles in the desert at Blackdom
  • Black homesteaders and the Great Migration
  • Gen H's legacy
  • Epilogue: Where Are the black farmers?
  • Appendix: Black homesteaders and white racism.

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