Black "Exodusters" Explain their Reasons for Leaving the South
Beginning in the mid-1870s, as Northern support for Radical Reconstruction retreated, thousands of African Americans chose to leave the South in the hope of finding equality on the western frontier. Taking their cue from the Book of Exodus in the [...]
Tags: Exodusters
Item Type: Diary/Letter
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)