The first migrants : how Black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration / Richard Edwards, Jacob K. Friefeld ; preface by Angela Bates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Richard, 1944- author.

Friefeld, Jacob K., author.

Contributor:

University of Nebraska. Homesteading Project, issuing body.

Bates-Tompkins, Angela, writer of preface.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American farmers--Great Plains--History.

African Americans--Migrations.

Agricultural colonies--Great Plains--History.

African Americans--Land tenure--Great Plains--History.

African American pioneers--Great Plains--History.

Frontier and pioneer life--Great Plalins.

Great Plains--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 458 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The First Migrants explores the narrative histories of Black homesteaders in the Great Plains and the larger themes which characterize their shared experiences"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496236494

1496236491

9781496236487

1496236483

OCLC:

1390916207