| Portion of title |
How black homesteaders' quest for land and freedom heralded America's Great Migration |
| 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. |
| Abstract |
"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. |
| General note | "The Homesteading Project, University of Nebraska."--Title page. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022043594 |
| ISBN | 9781496230843 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1496230841 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
