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African American emigrants on their way to Kansas, 1879. They were some of the estimated 40,000 people who were part of what is known as the Exoduster Movement, or the Exodus of 1879. They left the South following Reconstruction after the Civil War migrating to Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado hoping to escape racial attitudes and actions. After a print by an unknown artist published circa 1880.

African American emigrants on their way to Kansas, 1879. They were some of the estimated 40,000 people who were part of what is known as the Exoduster Movement, or the Exodus of 1879. They left the South following Reconstruction after the Civil War migrating to Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado hoping to escape racial attitudes and actions. After a print by an unknown artist published circa 1880.
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African American emigrants on their way to Kansas, 1879. They were some of the estimated 40,000 people who were part of what is known as the Exoduster Movement, or the Exodus of 1879. They left the South following Reconstruction after the Civil War migrating to Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado hoping to escape racial attitudes and actions. After a print by an unknown artist published circa 1880.
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Album / Ken Welsh/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group
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5328 x 3885 px | 59.2 MB
Print size:
45.1 x 32.9 cm | 17.8 x 12.9 in (300 dpi)