Sweet Freedom's Plains: African Americans on the Overland Trails, 1841-1869 Volume 12

by Shirley Ann Wilson Moore

Book Overview

The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring, falls short of the actual--and far more complex--reality of the overland trails. Among the diverse peoples who converged on the western frontier were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806190116
• ISBN13: 9780806190112
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"