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Author:

Edwards, Richard, 1944- author.

Title:

The first migrants : how Black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration / Richard Edwards and Jacob K Friefeld ; preface by Angela Bates.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xix, 458 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm

Subject:

African American farmers--Great Plains--History.
African Americans--Migrations.
Agricultural colonies--Great Plains--History.
African Americans--History.--Great Plains--History.
African American pioneers--Great Plains--History.
Frontier and pioneer life--Great Plains.
Great Plains--History.

Other Authors:

Friefeld, Jacob K., author.
Bates-Tompkins, Angela, writer of preface.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index. "The Homesteading Project, University of Nebraska."--Title page.

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.

Summary:

"The First Migrants explores the narrative histories of Black homesteaders in the Great Plains and the larger themes which characterize their shared experiences"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1496230841
9781496230843

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1346948636

LCCN:

2022043594

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

YGPC162 -- West Branch Public Library (West Branch)