Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
9.7
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
21663
Points per Word
0.000185
Page Count
137
Points per Page
0.029197
Description
This book discusses the conditions of African Americans in the South before, during, and after the Civil War, and the migration of many former slaves, led by such men as Benjamin Singleton and Henry Adams, to the West looking for a better life.