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Author:

Haskins, James, 1941-

Title:

The geography of hope : Black exodus from the South after Reconstruction / Jim Haskins.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Books,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

p. cm.

Subject:

Afro-Americans--Southern States--Juvenile literature.--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Afro-Americans--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Afro-Americans--Juvenile literature.--1863-1877--Juvenile literature.
Migration, Internal--United States--Juvenile literature.--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Reconstruction--Juvenile literature.
Afro-Americans--Southern States--History--19th century.
Afro-Americans--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Reconstruction.
Southern States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Southern State--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Summary:

Discusses the conditions of African Americans in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and the migration of many former slaves, led by such men as Benjamin Singleton and Henry Adams, to the West looking for a better life.

ISBN:

9780761303237 (lib. bdg.)
0761303235 (lib. bdg.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40180214

LCCN:

98033266

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)