- Additional Authors
- Description
- xix, 458 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The First Migrants explores the narrative histories of Black homesteaders in the Great Plains and the larger themes which characterize their shared experiences"--
- Alternative Title
- How black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "The Homesteading Project, University of Nebraska."--Title page.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781496230843
- 1496230841
- 9781496236494 (canceled/invalid)
- 1496236491 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781496236487 (canceled/invalid)
- 1496236483 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022043594
- OCLC
- YBP 2022043594
- 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
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
Friefeld, Jacob K., author.
Bates-Tompkins, Angela, writer of preface.