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This drawing, from an original by James H. Moser, depicts a large gathering of African-American refugees congregating around a steamboat docked at Vicksburg, Mississippi. It was published in the national magazine Harper's Weekly.
Creator: Moser, James H.
Date: May 17, 1879
This drawing demonstrates the number of black Southerners willing to emigrate to the North (quite a few are crowded onto the dock). Also, it works with a variety of documents, including the photograph of the emigrants leaving Nashville (students could compare and contrast the two images).
KS:7th:3.5:Exodusters (2005)
Item Number: 210500
Call Number: Port GL 051 H23w vol. 23
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210500
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Water-Related
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Exodusters (Indicator 5) - Reasons behind emigration
Date - 1870s - 1879
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Magazine - Illustrations
People - African Americans - Exodusters
Places - Other States - Mississippi
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Water - Steamboats
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines - Harper's Weekly
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines - Illustrations
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