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Author:

Katz, William Loren.

Title:

Black pioneers : an untold story / William Loren Katz.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Atheneum Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

193 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African American pioneers--Middle West--History--Juvenile literature.
African American abolitionists--Middle West--History--Juvenile literature.
African American pioneers--Middle West--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
African American abolitionists--Middle West--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Middle West--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Pioneers.
Abolitionists.
Middle West--History.
African Americans--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-181) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : The Northwest Territory -- Black pathfinders and native Americans -- War, race, and slavery in the Ohio Valley -- Pioneer farmers of the Ohio Valley -- The determination of Sarah Jane Woodson -- Peter H. Clark's Cincinnati -- A railroad's "fierce passions" -- The Malvins of Cleveland -- The fight for liberty in Indiana -- "Warfare and strife" in Illinois -- The "Order of the men of oppression" -- The Iowa of Alexander Clark -- Wisconsin battles "The heel of oppression" -- The Greys of Minnisota -- From Missouri to Kansas : the odyssey of Henry Clay Bruce -- From "alien and stranger" to U.S. Army officer.

Summary:

A biographical history of influential African American pioneers and freedom fighters in the Midwest, including Sara Jane Woodson, Peter Clark, and Dred Scott.

ISBN:

9780689814105
0689814100

LCCN:

98019104

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

YBPC572 -- Central City Public Library (Central City)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston) — J B Kat

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)