The geography of hope
Subtitle: Black exodus from the South after Reconstruction
By: Jim Haskins.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: African Americans -- Southern States -- Migrations -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; African Americans -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Juvenile literature; Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Juvenile literature; African Americans -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Southern States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature; Southern States -- Race relations
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-131) and index.
Maps on endpapers.