The bone and sinew of the land : America's forgotten black pioneers & the struggle for equality / Anna-Lisa Cox.

"The American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early settlers who tamed the wilderness and built the bones of our great country as courageous, independent--and white. In this groundbreaking work of deep historical research, Anna-Lisa Cox shows that...

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Main Author: Cox, Anna-Lisa (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
African Americans > Northwest, Old > History.
African Americans > Indiana > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Ohio > History > 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Northwest, Old.
Frontier and pioneer life > Indiana.
Frontier and pioneer life > Ohio.
African Americans > Northwest, Old > Social conditions.
Northwest, Old > History > 1775-1865.
Northwest, Old > Race relations.
HISTORY > United States > General.
African Americans.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Race relations.
Indiana.
Ohio.
United States > Old Northwest.
1775-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xviii, 280 pages : map ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
America's forgotten black pioneers and the struggle for equality
Format: Book
Contents:
  • "Life, liberty"
  • Interlude: "We hold these truths to be self-evident"
  • "The pursuit of happiness"
  • "And secure the blessings of liberty."
  • "To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
  • "Burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people"
  • "The right of the people to peaceably assemble."
  • "For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our governments"
  • "A history of repeated injuries and usurpations."
  • Conclusion: "All men are created equal."