BROWN & BLACK UNITY

BROWN & BLACK UNITY
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND LATINOS: TOGETHER

Friday, December 11, 2009

African-Americans in the Old West



AFRICAN AMERICANS AS SETTLERS OF THE OLD WEST



Jerry Shores and his family in 1887 Nebraska
The excitement and newness of the West attracted all kinds of Americans seeking land and a way to improve their economic conditions. African Americans also went westward as workers, both as slave laborers and free men and women laborers...


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