First migrants, the: how black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded america's great migration
Auteur :
Edwards, Richard / Friefeld, Jacob K.
Éditeur :
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN :
9781496230843
Date de publication :
1 août 2023
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The First Migrants recounts the largely unknown story of Black people who migrated from the South to the Great Plains between 1877 and 1920 in search of land and freedom. They exercised their rights under the Homestead Act to gain title to 650,000 acres, settling in all of the Great Plains states.