As explorers and settlers, traders and cowboys, African Americans joined the great movement westward after the Civil War. Drawing on letters, diaries and other personal writings, as well as on official documents, this book aims to capture the experiences of these pioneers.

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The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African-American Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States (A Touchstone book) (Paperback)

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