The geography of hope :
Black exodus from the South after Reconstruction /
Jim Haskins.

Description

Main Author

Haskins, James, 1941-2005.

Language(s)

English

Published

Brookfield, Conn. : Twenty-First Century Books, c1999.

Subjects

Reconstruction.
African Americans > African Americans / West (U.S.) > African Americans / West (U.S.) / History > African Americans / West (U.S.) / History / 19th century.
African Americans > African Americans / Southern States > African Americans / Southern States / History > African Americans / Southern States / History / 19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) / Juvenile literature.
Migration, Internal > Migration, Internal / United States > Migration, Internal / United States / History > Migration, Internal / United States / History / 19th century > Migration, Internal / United States / History / 19th century / Juvenile literature.
African Americans > African Americans / History > African Americans / History / 1863-1877 > African Americans / History / 1863-1877 / Juvenile literature.
African Americans > African Americans / West (U.S.) > African Americans / West (U.S.) / History > African Americans / West (U.S.) / History / 19th century > African Americans / West (U.S.) / History / 19th century / Juvenile literature.
African Americans > African Americans / Southern States > African Americans / Southern States / Migrations > African Americans / Southern States / Migrations / History > African Americans / Southern States / Migrations / History / 19th century > African Americans / Southern States / Migrations / History / 19th century / Juvenile literature.
Southern State > Southern State / Race relations.
Southern States > Southern States / Race relations > Southern States / Race relations / Juvenile literature.

Summary

Discusses the conditions of African Americans in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and the migration of many former slaves, led by such men as Benjamin Singleton and Henry Adams, to the West looking for a better life.

Note

Map on lining papers.

Physical Description

137 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.

ISBN

0761303235

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