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"\n  The long-hidden truth about America&rsquo;s black pioneers, the frontier they settled, and their fight for a better nation\n\n\n  The American frontier is one of our most cherished and enduring national images. We think of the early pioneers who settled the wilderness as courageous, independent&mdash;and white.\n\n\n  This version of history is simply wrong. Starting in our nation&rsquo;s earliest years, thousands of free African Americans were building hundreds of settlements in the Northwest Territory, a territory\n  that banned slavery and gave equal voting rights to all men. This groundbreaking work of research reveals the lost history of the nation&rsquo;s first Great Migration. Though forgotten today, these\n  pioneers were a matter of national importance at the time; their mere existence leading to fierce political movements and battles that tore families and communities apart long before the Civil War\n  erupted.\n\n\n  The Bone and Sinew of the Land is a story with its roots in the ideals of the American Revolution, a story of courageous pioneers transformed by the belief that all men are created equal,\n  seeking a brighter future on the American frontier.\n"
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