Mining for Freedom

Black History Meets the California Gold Rush

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Sylvia Alden Roberts ISBN: 9780595625451
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: November 4, 2008
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Sylvia Alden Roberts
ISBN: 9780595625451
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: November 4, 2008
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

Did you know that an estimated 5,000 blacks were an early and integral part of the California Gold Rush?

Did you know that black history in California precedes Gold Rush history by some 300 years?

Did you know that in California during the Gold Rush, blacks created one of the wealthiest, most culturally advanced, most politically active communities in the nation?

Few people are aware of the intriguing, dynamic often wholly inspirational stories of African American argonauts, from backgrounds as diverse as those of their less sturdy- complexioned peers. Defying strict California fugitive slave laws and an unforgiving court testimony ban in a state that declared itself free, black men and women combined skill, ambition and courage and rose to meet that daunting challenge with dignity, determination and even a certain lan, leaving behind a legacy that has gone starkly under-reported.

Mainstream history tends to contribute to the illusion that African Americans were all but absent from the California Gold Rush experience. This remarkable book, illustrated with dozens of photos, offers definitive contradiction to that illusion and opens a door that leads the reader into a forgotten world long shrouded behind the shadowy curtains of time.

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Did you know that an estimated 5,000 blacks were an early and integral part of the California Gold Rush?

Did you know that black history in California precedes Gold Rush history by some 300 years?

Did you know that in California during the Gold Rush, blacks created one of the wealthiest, most culturally advanced, most politically active communities in the nation?

Few people are aware of the intriguing, dynamic often wholly inspirational stories of African American argonauts, from backgrounds as diverse as those of their less sturdy- complexioned peers. Defying strict California fugitive slave laws and an unforgiving court testimony ban in a state that declared itself free, black men and women combined skill, ambition and courage and rose to meet that daunting challenge with dignity, determination and even a certain lan, leaving behind a legacy that has gone starkly under-reported.

Mainstream history tends to contribute to the illusion that African Americans were all but absent from the California Gold Rush experience. This remarkable book, illustrated with dozens of photos, offers definitive contradiction to that illusion and opens a door that leads the reader into a forgotten world long shrouded behind the shadowy curtains of time.

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