[PDF] Mining For Freedom eBook

Author : Sylvia Alden Roberts
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0595524923

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Did you know that an estimated 5,000 blacks were an early and integral part of the California Gold Rush? Did you know that black history in California precedes Gold Rush history by some 300 years? Did you know that in California during the Gold Rush, blacks created one of the wealthiest, most culturally advanced, most politically active communities in the nation? Few people are aware of the intriguing, dynamic often wholly inspirational stories of African American argonauts, from backgrounds as diverse as those of their less sturdy- complexioned peers. Defying strict California fugitive slave laws and an unforgiving court testimony ban in a state that declared itself free, black men and women combined skill, ambition and courage and rose to meet that daunting challenge with dignity, determination and even a certain elan, leaving behind a legacy that has gone starkly under-reported. Mainstream history tends to contribute to the illusion that African Americans were all but absent from the California Gold Rush experience. This remarkable book, illustrated with dozens of photos, offers definitive contradiction to that illusion and opens a door that leads the reader into a forgotten world long shrouded behind the shadowy curtains of time."

Author : Ken Follett
Publisher : Fawcett
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 2010-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307775194

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Scotland, 1766. Sentenced to a life of misery in the brutal coal mines, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally: the beautiful, highborn Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Though separated by politics and position, these two restless young people are bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom. From the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of a slave ship to a sprawling Virginia plantation, Ken Follett’s turbulent, unforgettable novel of liberty and revolution brings together a vivid cast of heroes and villains, lovers and rebels, hypocrites and hell-raisers—all propelled by destiny toward an epic struggle that will change their lives forever.

Author : James Green
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0802192092

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“The most comprehensive and comprehendible history of the West Virginia Coal War I’ve ever read.” —John Sayles, writer and director of Matewan On September 1, 1912, the largest, most protracted, and deadliest working-class uprising in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other side were fifty thousand mine workers, the nation’s largest labor union, and the legendary “miners’ angel,” Mother Jones. The fight for unionization and civil rights sparked a political crisis that verged on civil war, stretching from the creeks and hollows of the Appalachians to the US Senate. Attempts to unionize were met with stiff resistance. Fundamental rights were bent—then broken. The violence evolved from bloody skirmishes to open armed conflict, as an army of more than fifty thousand miners finally marched to an explosive showdown. Extensively researched and vividly told, this definitive book about an often-overlooked chapter of American history, “gives this backwoods struggle between capital and labor the due it deserves. [Green] tells a dark, often despairing story from a century ago that rings true today” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).

Author : Claudia Leal
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 38,44 MB
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0816536740

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Looking at the interaction of race and terrain during a critical period in Latin American history--Provided by publisher.

Author : Christopher P. Worick
Publisher :
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 2009
Category : African American pioneers
ISBN :

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James Boisclair and the "Free Jim" gold mine -- Slavery and opportunities -- Freedom with a price -- Gold fever -- Baker, merchant and part-time preacher -- Mining Ventures -- Ho! For California! -- The history of the "Free Jim" gold mine -- Favorable results -- Later mining attempts -- The "Free Jim" min today -- End Notes.