I''ve Been Here All the While - Black Freedom on Native Land

Perhaps no other symbol has more resonance in African American history than that of "40 acres and a mule"-the lost promise of Black reparations for slavery after the Civil War. In I've Been Here All the While, Alaina E. Roberts draws on archival research and family history to upend the traditional story of Reconstruction.

Sommario

Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. The First Settlers of Indian Territory
Chapter 2. Emancipation and Intervention
Chapter 3. Whose Racial Paradise?
Chapter 4. The Last Wave
Epilogue
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Info autore

Alaina E. Roberts teaches history at the University of Pittsburgh.

Riassunto

Perhaps no other symbol has more resonance in African American history than that of "40 acres and a mule"-the lost promise of Black reparations for slavery after the Civil War. In I've Been Here All the While, Alaina E. Roberts draws on archival research and family history to upend the traditional story of Reconstruction.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Alaina E Roberts, Alaina E. Roberts
• Editore: University of pennsylvania pr
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780812253030
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-5303-0
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: America in the Nineteenth Century; America in the Nineteenth Cent
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni