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Blacks in Gold Rush California / Rudolph M. Lapp.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Yale Western Americana series ; 29.Publication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1977.Description: xiv, 321 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0300019882
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 979.4/004/96073
LOC classification:
  • E185.93.C2 L36
Contents:
Before the gold rush -- Blacks join the gold rush -- In the mines -- In the cities -- Southern California -- Slavery and the fugitive slave in California -- Churches and schools -- The background of the Colored Convention Movement -- The three conventions -- The exodus to Victoria -- The last years of the decade.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 307-314.

WAR, NEWBERY,

Before the gold rush -- Blacks join the gold rush -- In the mines -- In the cities -- Southern California -- Slavery and the fugitive slave in California -- Churches and schools -- The background of the Colored Convention Movement -- The three conventions -- The exodus to Victoria -- The last years of the decade.