| Contents |
Foreword / by Dr. Shelley Viola Murphy -- Alabama Black Homesteaders. Luke Sconiers ; William Beard ; Clem Horn ; Vandy Hutchins ; Frank Crittenden ; John Henry Kyles -- Arkansas Black Homesteaders. Levi or Levy Hampton ; Gideon Murphy ; Reuben Murphy ; Don and Minnie-Lee McCormick ; Irving Bass -- Florida Black Homesteaders. Alexander Gainer ; Simon Bell ; Randel Farnell ; Henry McGehee ; Stephen McCaskill ; George Jones -- Louisiana Black Homesteaders. Charles Baptiste ; Peter Clark ; Phoebe Ann Bartlett Franklin ; Frank Thompson ; Thomas Monroe Pittman ; Wade Pittman ; George Paysinger ; Moses Singleton ; Charles Henry Veal ; Andrew Richardson and Sarah Jane (Foster) Richardson ; George Williams and Chester Williams ; Henry and Julia Gordon ; Moses Dyson ; Moses Brumfield ; Labron Brock ; Josiah Cyprian ; John Turner ; Leander Youngblood -- Mississippi Black Homesteaders. Irvin Brumfield ; Europe Bates ; Samuel Brown ; Prince Dunbar ; Daner Gibson ; America Hunt Harrell/Harold ; Peter Hunt ; Jacob Ramsey ; William "Willie" or "Boss" Ramsey ; James Riely (Riley) ; Robert Veal ; Verdal Wills ; Sailor Allen ; Edmund Downs -- Conclusion -- Untold Stories of Black Homesteaders in Florida. |
| Abstract |
"The Homestead Act of 1862, the Emancipation Proclamation and subsequent Reconstruction amendments didn't just abolish slavery ; they gave African Americans a chance to earn a living and own land. Even though their names were never mentioned alongside the other rugged heroes of frontier lore, a startling number of homesteaders were Black men and women in the South, toiling on familiar land but now in unfamiliar fashion;as owners. For many of these Black pioneers, this meant risking their lives to achieve this American promise of freedom. Author Bernice Alexander Bennett sets to change the narrative about the largely unknown Black homesteaders in the South"-- From publisher's description. |
| General note | "The Black men & women who toiled from sunup to sundown to live the American dream"--From back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022939471 |
| ISBN | 1467152307 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781467152303 (paperback) |
