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Appalachians And Race: The Mountain South From Slavery To Segregation
Editor: Inscoe, John C.
Hardback; Book; 15 B&w Photographs, 4 Maps
392 pages
Published: December 2000
The University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813121736

Only recently have scholars come to fully discover the complex relationships between blacks and whites in the southern Appalachians, both before and after emancipation. From slave labor in iron works, coalfields, and salt mines to postwar racial violence and Jim Crow oppression, the integral role of African Americans in highland society is at last being acknowledged.The eighteen essays in this collection recognize not only a far greater African American presence in the highland South than was once assumed but a wider variety of interaction between blacks and whites during the nineteenth century. Leading scholars of Appalachian studies explore topics as varied as black migration into and out of the region, educational and religious missions directed at African Americans, the muThe 18 essays in this collection recognize not only a far greater African American presence in the highland South than was once assumed, but a wider variety of interaction between blacks and whites during the 19th century. The book explores topics including black migration and musical influences.


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