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Stanley, Jerry

Hurry Freedom: African Americans in Gold Rush California

86 pp. | Crown | October, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-517-80094-2 $$18.95 | Library ISBN 0-517-80096-9 $$20.99
(2) YA Mifflin Wistar Gibbs's life story anchors this narrative. His experience of emigrating to California to seek wealth and opportunity parallels that of many African Americans and opens a fascinating window on the African-American experience in gold-rush San Francisco. This smoothly written history allows readers to examine a collective experience ignored in most historical accounts of this period. Archival photos illustrate the text. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2001

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