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The Pursuit of a Dream

The Pursuit of a Dream - Paperback

by Janet Sharp Hermann
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Availability:In StockContributor:Janet Sharp HermannSeries:Banner BooksTheme:Chronological Period/19th Century, Cultural Region/Deep South, Cultural Region/Gulf Coast, Cultural Region/Mid-South, Cultural Region/South, Cultural Region/Southeast U.S., Ethnic Orientation/African American, Geographic Orientation/Mississippi, Topical/Black HistoryPublish date:3/1/1999Pages:312
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781578061297ISBN-10:1578061296UPC:9781578061297Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, EnslavementBook Topic:19th Century, State & LocalSize:8.21 x 5.49 x 0.92 inchesWeight:0.39Product ID:SC93SDCS2K
The story of a utopia created by Mississippi freedmen on a white man's former plantation.

"A marvelous story for all readers with a taste for the ironies, the ambiguities, and the surprises of history"--C. Vann Woodward

"Historical writing at its best"--David Bradley New York Times Book Review

This fascinating history set in the Reconstruction South is a testament to African American resilience, fortitude, and independence. It recounts the story of the experiment at Davis Bend, formerly Joseph Davis's plantation along the Mississippi near Vicksburg.

After the war the slaves who had toiled in these fields belonging to the Confederate president's brother became the owners of his lands, some of the most fertile cotton acreage in America. From their utopian communitarian haven rose the third most successful cotton operation in the entire South from Reconstruction to World War I.

This miracle at Davis Bend occurred when blacks were accorded the opportunity to pursue th

Languages:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781578061297ISBN-10:1578061296UPC:9781578061297Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, EnslavementBook Topic:19th Century, State & LocalSize:8.21 x 5.49 x 0.92 inchesWeight:0.39Product ID:SC93SDCS2K
Janet Sharp Hermann, a freelance writer and historian, is author of Joseph E. Davis: Pioneer Patriarch, published by University Press of Mississippi.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi

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