Moore Shirley Ann Wilson Sweet Freedom`s Plains: African Americans on the Overland Trails, 1841-1869 9780806155623

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Автор: Moore Shirley Ann Wilson
Название: Sweet Freedom`s Plains: African Americans on the Overland Trails, 1841-1869
ISBN: 9780806155623
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История Америк

История нового времени до 20 века: с 1700 по 1900

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ISBN-10: 0806155620
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 388
Вес: 0.66 кг.
Дата издания: 07.10.2016
Серия: Race and culture in the american west series
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 26 black & white illustrations, 1 map
Размер: 229 x 152 x 30
Подзаголовок: African americans on the overland trails, 1841вђ“1869
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring, falls short of the actual - and far more complex - reality of the overland trails. Among the diverse peoples who converged on the western frontier were African American pioneers - men, women, and children. Whether enslaved or free, they too were involved in this transformative movement. Sweet Freedoms Plains is a powerful retelling of the migration story from their perspective. Tracing the journeys of black overlanders who traveled the Mormon, California, Oregon, and other trails, Shirley Ann Wilson Moore describes in vivid detail what they left behind, what they encountered along the way, and what they expected to find in their new, western homes. She argues that African Americans understood advancement and prosperity in ways unique to their situation as an enslaved and racially persecuted people, even as they shared many of the same hopes and dreams held by their white contemporaries. For African Americans, the journey westward marked the beginning of liberation and transformation. At the same time, black emigrants aspirations often came into sharp conflict with real-world conditions in the West. Although many scholars have focused on African Americans who settled in the urban West, their early trailblazing voyages into the Oregon Country, Utah Territory, New Mexico Territory, and California deserve greater attention. Having combed censuses, maps, government documents, and white overlanders diaries, along with the few accounts written by black overlanders or passed down orally to their living descendants, Moore gives voice to the countless, mostly anonymous black men and women who trekked the plains and mountains.Sweet Freedoms Plains places African American overlanders where they belong - at the center of the western migration narrative. Their experiences and perspectives enhance our understanding of this formative period in American history.
Дополнительное описание: History of the Americas|Ethnic studies|General and world history

Sweet Freedom`s Plains: African Americans on the Overland Trails, 1841-1869, Moore Shirley Ann Wilson