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African American History in New Mexico: Portraits from Five Hundred Years
Contributor(s): Glasrud, Bruce A. (Editor)
ISBN: 0826353010     ISBN-13: 9780826353016
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
OUR PRICE:   $29.65  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx)
Dewey: 978.904
LCCN: 2012035724
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 288 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
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Although their total numbers in New Mexico were never large, blacks arrived with Spanish explorers and settlers and played active roles in the history of the territory and state. Here, Bruce Glasrud assembles the best information available on the themes, events, and personages of black New Mexico history.

The contributors portray the blacks who accompanied Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and de Vargas and recount their interactions with Native Americans in colonial New Mexico. Chapters on the territorial period examine black trappers and traders as well as review the issue of slavery in the territory and the blacks who accompanied Confederate troops and fought in the Union army during the Civil War in New Mexico. Eventually blacks worked on farms and ranches, in mines, and on railroads, as well as in the military, seeking freedom and opportunity in New Mexico's wide open spaces. A number of black towns were established in rural areas. Lacking political power because they represented such a small percentage of New Mexico's population, blacks relied largely on their own resources and networks, particularly churches and schools.


Contributor Bio(s): Glasrud, Bruce A.: -

Bruce A. Glasrud, professor emeritus of history at Sul Ross State University, has also edited Black Women in Texas History, The African American Experience in Texas, Buffalo Soldiers in the West, and The African American West: A Century of Short Stories. He lives in Seguin, Texas.