A stranger and a sojourner
Subtitle: Peter Caulder, free Black frontiersman in antebellum Arkansas
By: Billy D. Higgins.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
Subjects: Caulder, Peter, 1795-ca. 1859; Free African Americans -- White River Region (Ark. and Mo.) -- Biography; African American pioneers -- White River Region (Ark. and Mo.) -- Biography; Frontier and pioneer life -- White River Region (Ark. and Mo.); African American soldiers -- Biography; White River Region (Ark. and Mo.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; White River Region (Ark. and Mo.) -- Biography; Arkansas -- Biography; Arkansas -- Race relations; United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Participation, African American
Genres: Biography.
Description: "A Stranger and a Sojourner: Peter Caulder, Free Black Frontiersman in Antebellum Arkansas tells the story of Peter Caulder, a free African American settler in the Arkansas Territory. After serving as a rifleman in the War of 1812, Caulder established a community of free-born African Americans in northern Arkansas and was largely accepted by his white neighbors until an 1859 expulsion law forced the community to flee the state and settle in Missouri." "Like many frontier people, Peter Caulder was unschooled and signed his name only with a mark. To document such a man's life and to determine how he thrived within a slave society and came to join a free black backwoods community, Billy Higgins has interwoven oft-neglected primary sources from around the country - many of which are reproduced here. Through the information revealed in censuses, tax records, sutler's account books, army returns, folk stories, land warrants, traveler's journals, and newspaper notices, a fascinating account of Caulder, his family, his friends, and his community has emerged."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-338) and index.