| Contents |
He feeds the sparrow -- Gerrit Smith country -- Three agents and their reasons -- Theories into practice -- Fat lands under genial suns -- Something beyond speechifying -- Trailblazers -- The second wave -- A wider cartography -- We who are here can see and now -- I begin to be regarded as an American citizen -- If only you knew how poor I am -- Nothing would be more encouraging to me -- To arms! The black woods at war -- Diaspora -- White memory, black memory -- Pilgrims. |
| Abstract |
"In August 1846, abolitionist Gerrit Smith revealed his intent to parcel out 120,000 Adirondack acres to three thousand black New Yorkers to enable them to win the right to vote through property ownership. This book is the story of this so-called grant, the actuality of the lives of the new homesteaders in the North Country of the Adirondacks, and the legacy of their experiences"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Godine, Amy. Black woods. Ithaca [New York] : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2023 9781501771699 |
| Genre/form | History |
| LCCN | 2023002743 |
| ISBN | 9781501771682 hardcover |
| ISBN | 150177168X hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
