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I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land

Alaina E. Roberts

Perhaps no other symbol has more resonance in African American history than that of "40 acres and a mule"—the lost promise of Black reparations for slavery after the Civil War. In I've Been Here All the While, Alaina E. Roberts draws on archival research and family history to upend the traditional story of Reconstruction.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryBlack History & CultureIndigenous HistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History2021FinalistSecondary source
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