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02723aam a2200481 i 4500 001 6EC4310A627B11EE9D8B625031ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231004010043 008 220930s2023 nbuabf b 001 0deng 010 $a 2022043594 020 $a 1496230841 020 $a 9781496230843 035 $a (OCoLC)1346948636 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d JCX $d UKMGB $d OCLCA $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a np----- 050 00 $a E185.925 E283 2023 084 $a SOC001000 $a SOC001000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Edwards, Richard, $d 1944- $e author. 245 14 $a The first migrants : $b how Black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration / $c Richard Edwards and Jacob K Friefeld ; preface by Angela Bates. 246 30 $a How black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration 264 1 $a Lincoln : $b University of Nebraska Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xix, 458 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color), map ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 500 $a "The Homesteading Project, University of Nebraska."--Title page. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a "The First Migrants explores the narrative histories of Black homesteaders in the Great Plains and the larger themes which characterize their shared experiences"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a African American farmers $z Great Plains $x History. 650 0 $a African Americans $x Migrations. 650 0 $a Agricultural colonies $z Great Plains $x History. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History. $z Great Plains $x History. 650 0 $a African American pioneers $z Great Plains $x History. 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z Great Plains. 651 0 $a Great Plains $x History. 700 1 $a Friefeld, Jacob K., $e author. 700 1 $a Bates-Tompkins, Angela, $e writer of preface. 941 $a 4 952 $l AJPE887 $d 20240305011225.0 952 $l YGPC162 $d 20231121012558.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011736.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20231005010956.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6EC4310A627B11EE9D8B625031ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search