African Americans on the Western Frontier
- ISBN-10
- 0870814915
- ISBN-13
- 9780870814914
- Category
- Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
- Pages
- 275
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado
- Authors
- Monroe Lee Billington, Roger D. Hardaway
Description
This book is designed to remedy the historic neglect of the significant contribution made by African-Americans to the settlement and development of the West. The African-American western experience during the frontier era (1850-1912) is a story that is rich and diverse. The fifteen authors in this volume highlight many of the contributions African-American men and women made to the western frontier -- as miners, homesteaders, town builders, entrepreneurs, and ordinary, civic-minded citizens.
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