African Americans in Michigan

African Americans, as free laborers and as slaves, were among the earliest permanent residents of Michigan, settling among the French, British, and Native people with whom they worked and farmed. Lewis Walker and Benjamin Wilson recount the long history of African American communities in Michigan, delineating their change over time, as migrants from the South, East, and overseas made their homes in the state. .

About the author

Lewis Walker is Emeritus Professor of Scoiology at Western Michigan University.

Product details

• Authors: Linwood Cousins, Linwood H Cousins, Linwood H. Cousins, John Dulong, Lewis Walker, Benjamin C Wilson, Benjamin C. Wilson
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2001
• EAN: 9780870135835
• ISBN: 978-0-87013-583-5
• No. of pages: 63
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 219 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 104 g
• Series: Discovering the Peoples of Mic; Discovering the Peoples of Mic
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories