Fugitive Slave in the Gold Rush: Life and Adventures of James Williams - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:James Williams, Malcolm J. Rohrbough (Introduction by)Series:Blacks in the American WestPublish date:2001-10-01Pages:120
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803298125ISBN-10:803298129UPC:9780803298125Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Ethnic Studies, United StatesBook Topic:American, 19th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC2EAAEJFM
Fugitive Slave in the Gold Rush: Life and Adventures of James Williams
African American records of the Gold Rush are rare, as are underground railroad accounts from those fleeing to freedom; yet here is the account of a self-taught escaped slave and underground railroad worker who also succumbed to the lure of the California Gold Rush. James Williams was all of these things and more, a fascinating individual who in this memoir manages to cram more life into fewer...
Series: Blacks in the American West
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803298125ISBN-10:803298129UPC:9780803298125Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Ethnic Studies, United StatesBook Topic:American, 19th CenturySize:8.40 x 5.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC2EAAEJFM
Malcolm J. Rohrbough is a professor of history at the University of Iowa. His books include Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and The American Nation.
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