Title

Black and White on Slavery's Frontier

Author

Kelly Houston Jones, Arkansas Tech UniversityFollow

Files

Department

History & Political Science

Document Type

Book Chapter

Abstract

Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas brings together the work of leading experts to cast a powerful light on the rich and diverse history of Arkansas’s racial and ethnic relations. The essays span from slavery to the civil rights era and cover a diverse range of topics including the frontier experience of slavery; the African American experience of emancipation and after; African American migration patterns; the rise of sundown towns; white violence and its continuing legacy; women’s activism and home demon­stration agents; African American religious figures from the better know Elias Camp (E. C.) Morris to the lesser-known Richard Nathaniel Hogan; the Mexican-American Bracero program; Latina/o and Asian American refugee experiences; and contemporary views of Latina/o immigration in Arkansas. Informing debates about race and ethnicity in Arkansas, the South, and the nation, the book provides both a primer to the history of race and ethnicity in Arkansas and a prospective map for better under­standing racial and ethnic relations in the United States.

First Page

3

Last Page

16

Publication Date

2014

Publisher

University of Arkansas Press

City

Fayetteville

ISBN

9781557286659 (Paper)

Recommended Citation

Jones, Kelly Houston. "Black and White on Slavery's Frontier" in Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas: New Perspectives, ed. by John A. Kirk, 3-16. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2014.