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.

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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

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Manchester, Main Library - New Materials	978.02 EDWARDS	Check Shelf
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Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	978.02 EDWARDS	DUE 05-28-24

Description	xix, 458 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	"The Homesteading Project, University of Nebraska."--Title page.
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 re the Black farmers? -- Appendix: Black homesteaders and white racism.
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.
Subject	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 Plains.
	Great Plains -- History.
	HISTORY / African American & Black.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.
	African American farmers. (OCoLC)fst00799161
	African American pioneers. (OCoLC)fst00799302
	African Americans -- Land tenure. (OCoLC)fst00799629
	African Americans -- Migrations. (OCoLC)fst00799643
	Agricultural colonies. (OCoLC)fst00800583
	Frontier and pioneer life. (OCoLC)fst00935370
	Great Plains. (OCoLC)fst01240567
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Friefeld, Jacob K., author.
	Bates-Tompkins, Angela, writer of preface.
Added Title	How black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration
ISBN	9781496230843 (hardcover)
	1496230841 (hardcover)

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