Exodusters
Exodusters was a name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late nineteenth century, as part of the Exoduster Movement or Exodus of 1879. It was the first general migration of black people following the Civil War.
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| Date | 1879 |
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| Location | United States |
| Also known as | Exodus of 1879 |
| Cause | Disenfranchisement after the Reconstruction Era |
| Participants | Government of the United States African Americans |
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The movement received substantial organizational support from prominent figures, such as Benjamin Singleton of Tennessee, Philip D. Armour of Chicago, and Henry Adams of Louisiana. As many as 40,000 Exodusters left the South to settle in Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado.
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