Southern seed, northern soil

Description:

"Stephen Vincent captures the exceptional history of the Beech and Roberts settlements, two African-American and mixed-race farming communities formed on the Indiana frontier in the 1830s. He analyzes the founders' backgrounds as a distinctive free people of color in the Old South; the migration that culminated in the communities' successful beginnings; the settlements' transformations through the pioneer and Civil War eras; and the increasing transition to commercial farming in the late nineteenth century." "Southern Seed, Northern Soil is based on source materials, including census manuscripts, land deeds, probate records, family letters, and newspapers."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: African American farmers,  Agricultural colonies,  Farm life,  Free African Americans,  Frontier and pioneer life,  History,  Internal Migration,  Migration, Internal,  Frontier and pioneer life, indiana,  Farm life, united states

Places: Indiana,  Southern States,  United States

Times: 18th century,  19th century