The geography of hope : Black exodus from the South after Reconstruction

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Label

The geography of hope : Black exodus from the South after Reconstruction

Title remainder

Black exodus from the South after Reconstruction

Statement of responsibility

Jim Haskins

Creator

• Haskins, James, 1941-2005

Subject

• African Americans -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
• African Americans -- Southern States -- Migrations | History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
• African Americans -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century
• African Americans -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature
• African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Juvenile literature
• Reconstruction
• Southern States -- Race relations
• Southern States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
• Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• Juvenile literature

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973/.0496073

Index

index present

Interest level

UG

LC call number

E185.2

LC item number

.H35 1999

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Reading level

9.7

Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

juvenile