Blacks in Gold Rush CaliforniaBy 1860, twelve years after the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, more than five thousand American blacks had made the difficult trek to California in search of quick wealth. The part that they played in this epic adventure has been too long ignored. Here for the first time Rudolph Lapp pieces together in a coherent and fascinating narrative this missing chapter of American history. |
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Contents
in California | 126 |
Convention Movement | 186 |
The Three Conventions | 210 |
The Exodus to Victoria | 239 |
The Last Years of the Decade | 255 |
Notes | 275 |
Bibliographical Essay | 307 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Blacks in Gold Rush California The Lamar Series in Western History Volume 29 of Yale Western Americana series |
| Author | Rudolph M. Lapp |
| Edition | unabridged |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 1977 |
| ISBN | 0300065450, 9780300065459 |
| Length | 321 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies |
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