A Biography of Isaiah Thornton Montgomery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781489738196)

In all the annals of slavery in the United States of America, there is no other story like that of the Montgomerys, they were freed by taking refuge in Ohio during the Civil War. Then they returned to the place of their bondage, legally freed by the Thirteenth Amendment. They bought and operated the plantations of their bondage, plus an adjacent plantation, and won numerous prizes for their cotton. And although this experiment failed, the idea of a permanent home for blacks did not. For Isaiah carried out his father's lifelong plan of a permanent homeland for blacks and founded Mound Bayou, Mississippi in 1887.

Author: Laflorya Gauthier
ISBN-10: 1489738193
ISBN-13: 9781489738196
Publisher: Liferich
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2021
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d