The Black West : a documentary and pictorial history of the African American role in the westward expansion of the United States
Title
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The Black West : a documentary and pictorial history of the African American role in the westward expansion of the United States
Author
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Katz, William Loren.
ISBN
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9780767912310
Publication Information
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New York : Harlem Moon/Broadway Books, c2005.
Physical Description
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xvi, 318 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
General Note
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Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1971.
Contents
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Indians and Africans in the age of exploration -- Trappers, guides, and mountain men -- Going West -- Slavery on the frontier -- Expansion and war: crisis years -- California -- The cowhands -- Exodus to Kansas -- The Buffalo Soldiers -- Oklahoma -- Black women of the last frontier -- Empire: Buffalo Soldiers abroad -- A black West in white America.
Subject Term
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African Americans -- West (U.S.) -- History.
African Americans -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
African American pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Geographic Term
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West (U.S.) -- History.
West (U.S.) -- Biography.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
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| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | 978 KAT | Nonfiction Collection |