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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.
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