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
List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on terminology -- 1. Land! -- 2. Push and pull -- 3. A new start at Nicodemus -- 4. Nicodemus flourishes -- 5. Henry and Mary Burden's flight to freedom -- 6. Homesteading alone -- 7. DeWitty and the sandhills -- 8. The Speese Family odyssey -- 9. Opportunity in Sully County -- 10. Tragedy and failure at empire -- 11. Oscar Micheaux, "The homesteader" -- 12. Sand and Success at Dearfield -- 13. Struggles in the desert at Blackdom -- 14. Black homesteaders and the Great Migration -- 15. Gen H's legacy -- Epilogue: Where are black farmers? -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliographys -- Index
Summary
The First Migrants explores the narrative histories of Black homesteaders in the Great Plains and the larger themes that characterize their shared experiences
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed September 11, 2023)
