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- catalog abstract "In the two years after the discovery of gold as Sutter's Mill in 1848, one hundred thousand persons made the difficult trek to California in search of quick wealth. One thousand of them were blacks. By 1860 there were five thousand. They formed the largest voluntary migration of American blacks before the Civil War. Yet few whites then or now have been aware of the part that blacks played in America's epic adventure. Most black Forty-niners went west less to escape a hard lot than to seek their fortune. Some mined alone or together with whites, others formed companies of their own. They included both free blacks and slaves. Lapp examines their life in mining communities and their relationships with other minorities and with whites. He also records for the first time in detail the history of the California Colored Conventions, examining the ideology and eastern origin of its leadership, its problems, and the exodus of many of its members to Canada. Altogether, the author has pieced together a coherent and fascinating narrative of this missing chapter of history. -- from Book Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b956936.
- catalog coverage "California Gold discoveries.".
- catalog created "1977.".
- catalog date "1977".
- catalog date "1977.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1977.".
- catalog description "Before the gold rush -- Blacks join the gold rush -- In the mines -- In the cities -- Southern California -- Slavery and the fugitive slave in California -- Churches and schools -- The background of the Colored Convention Movement -- The three conventions -- The exodus to Victoria -- The last years of the decade.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 307-314.".
- catalog description "In the two years after the discovery of gold as Sutter's Mill in 1848, one hundred thousand persons made the difficult trek to California in search of quick wealth. One thousand of them were blacks. By 1860 there were five thousand. They formed the largest voluntary migration of American blacks before the Civil War. Yet few whites then or now have been aware of the part that blacks played in America's epic adventure. Most black Forty-niners went west less to escape a hard lot than to seek their fortune. Some mined alone or together with whites, others formed companies of their own. They included both free blacks and slaves. Lapp examines their life in mining communities and their relationships with other minorities and with whites. He also records for the first time in detail the history of the California Colored Conventions, examining the ideology and eastern origin of its leadership, its problems, and the exodus of many of its members to Canada. Altogether, the author has pieced together a coherent and fascinating narrative of this missing chapter of history. -- from Book Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 321 p., [6] leaves of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0300019882".
- catalog isPartOf "Yale Western Americana series ; 29".
- catalog issued "1977".
- catalog issued "1977.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Haven : Yale University Press,".
- catalog spatial "California Gold discoveries.".
- catalog spatial "California".
- catalog spatial "California.".
- catalog subject "African Americans California History.".
- catalog subject "E185.93.C2 L36".
- catalog subject "Gold mines and mining California History.".
- catalog subject "Slavery California.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Before the gold rush -- Blacks join the gold rush -- In the mines -- In the cities -- Southern California -- Slavery and the fugitive slave in California -- Churches and schools -- The background of the Colored Convention Movement -- The three conventions -- The exodus to Victoria -- The last years of the decade.".
- catalog title "Blacks in Gold Rush California / Rudolph M. Lapp.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".