The first migrants : how black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration / Richard Edwards and Jacob K Friefeld.
Edwards, Richard, 1944- author.; Friefeld, Jacob K., author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2023
E185.925 .E283 2023
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Title The first migrants : how black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration / Richard Edwards and Jacob K Friefeld.
Author Edwards, Richard, 1944- author.
ISBN 9781496236487
1496236483
9781496236494
1496236491
9781496230843
1496230841
Published Lincoln : [University of Nebraska Press], 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xix, 458 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits, map.
Call Number E185.925 .E283 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 978/.020896073
Note "The Homesteading Project, University of Nebraska."--Title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Friefeld, Jacob K., author.
Added Corporate Author ProQuest (Firm)
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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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