A mind to stay : White plantation, Black homeland /
Nathans, Sydney,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: Unexpected -- Part one. Proving ground: Spared -- "Emigrants" -- "So detested a place" -- Held back -- Reversals -- Part two. A foothold in freedom: -- Exile's return -- "Against all comers" -- "If they can get the land" -- Part three. Beyond a living: "Hallelujah times" -- "A game rooster" -- Sanctuaries -- Part four. Heir land: "That thirties wreck" -- New foundations -- "unless it's a must" -- Epilogue: "A heavy load to lift".
Freedmen
Rural African Americans
African Americans
Land tenure
Plantation owners
African Americans
Freedmen.
Land tenure.
Plantation owners.
Rural African Americans.