The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier

by Amy Godine

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The Black Woods chronicles the history of Black pioneers in New York's northern wilderness. From the late 1840s into the 1860s, they migrated to the Adirondacks to build farms and to vote. On their new-worked land, they could meet the $250 property requirement New York's constitution imposed on Black voters in 1821, and claim the rights of citizenship.

Three thousand Black New Yorkers were gifted with 120,000 acres of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:150177168X

ISBN13:9781501771682

Release Date:November 2023

Publisher:Three Hills

Length:510 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

History Political Science Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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