The pursuit of a dream / Janet Sharp Hermann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hermann, Janet Sharp.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--Mississippi--Social conditions.

Enslaved persons.

African Americans--Mississippi--Mound Bayou--Economic conditions.

African Americans.

African Americans--Mississippi--Mound Bayou--History.

Plantation life--Mississippi.

Plantation life.

Mound Bayou (Miss.)--History.

Mound Bayou (Miss.).

Davis Bend (Miss.)--History.

Davis Bend (Miss.).

Davis, Joseph E. (Joseph Emory), 1784-1870.

Davis, Joseph E.

Montgomery, Benjamin.

Montgomery, Isiah.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This fascinating history set in the Reconstruction South is a testament to African-American resilience, fortitude, and independence. It tells of three attempts to create an ideal community on the river bottom lands at Davis Bend south of Vicksburg. There Joseph Davis's effort to establish a cooperative community among the slaves on his plantation was doomed to fail as long as they remained in bondage. During the Civil War the Yankees tried with limited success to organize the freedmen into a model community without trusting them to manage their own affairs. After the war the intrepid Benjamin

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; I: JOSEPH DAVIS HAS A DREAM; II: FEDERAL OFFICERS USURP THE DREAM; III: BENJAMIN MONTGOMERY SEEKS TO IMPLEMENT THE DREAM; IV: ISAIAH MONTGOMERY REVIVES THE DREAM; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-27517-1

9786613275172

1-61703-223-9

0-585-19053-4

OCLC:

755415624