African Americans on Martha's Vineyard

By A. Bowdoin Van Riper

Book Overview

This 2017 second edition of African Americans on Martha's Vineyard includes four articles. Three of the articles appeared in the first edition of the book, published in 1997. Reprinted from the Dukes County Intelligencer, they are: Adelaide Cromwell on The History of Oak Bluffs As a Popular Resort for Blacks (1984); Jacqueline Holland on The African-American Presence on Martha's Vineyard (1991); and Richard Miller on Two Vineyard 'Men of Color' Who Fought in the Civil War (1994). A fourth article appears in this new edition: R. Andrew Pierce on Sharper Michael, Born a Slave, First Islander Killed in the Revolution (2005).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1429094346
• ISBN13: 9781429094344
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Applewood Books
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"