Mining for Freedom

Released on by Sylvia Alden Roberts
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  • Mining for Freedom Book Detail

  • Author : Sylvia Alden Roberts
  • Release Date : 2008
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 162
  • ISBN 13 : 0595524923
  • File Size : 56,56 MB
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Mining for Freedom by Sylvia Alden Roberts PDF Summary

Book Description: 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 elan, 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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