The Bone and Sinew of the Land: America's Forgotten Black Pioneers and the Struggle for Equality

by Anna-Lisa Cox

Book Overview

The long-hidden stories of America's black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for the heart of the nation

When black settlers Keziah and Charles Grier started clearing their frontier land in 1818, they couldn't know that they were part of the nation's earliest struggle for equality; they were just looking to build a better life. But within a few years, the Griers would become early Underground Railroad conductors,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610398106
• ISBN13: 9781610398107
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"