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Born on a small farm near Cairo, Illinois, one of 13 children, Oscar Devereaux leaves home to work in the stockyards. After saving $2,500, Devereaux goes to South Dakota and buys land. He plows and sows and sweats, and by the age of 25 has reaped an estate worth $20,000. This novel portrays the aspirations and struggles of a black homesteader.

The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer

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    A Paperback / softback by Oscar Micheaux, Learthen Dorsey

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      Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/1994
      ISBN13: 9780803282094, 978-0803282094
      ISBN10: 0803282095

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      Book Synopsis
      Born on a small farm near Cairo, Illinois, one of 13 children, Oscar Devereaux leaves home to work in the stockyards. After saving $2,500, Devereaux goes to South Dakota and buys land. He plows and sows and sweats, and by the age of 25 has reaped an estate worth $20,000. This novel portrays the aspirations and struggles of a black homesteader.

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