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According to this unsigned article, Rev. John Turner and General Conway spoke with President Rutherford B. Hayes about the black exodus from the South. Hayes listened intently to their report of conditions in the South and agreed that blacks had the right to emigrate and would thrive once spread throughout the states. He also expressed his conviction that any of the emigrants' material needs would be readily supplied through aid organizations.
Creator: Topeka Colored Citizen
Date: June 7, 1879
This source provides the top-down perspective of the Exodus, in contrast to the other sources which are primarily from average citizens. It could be grouped with other newspaper articles relating to the larger historical context of the Exodus, or it could work with other Colored Citizen articles as a case study of the perspective of Topeka blacks during the Exodus.
Item Number: 210623
Call Number: Microfilm: T1031
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210623
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Exodusters (Indicator 5) - Reasons behind emigration
Date - 1870s - 1879
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Presidents - Hayes, Rutherford B
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - African Americans - Exodusters
People - Notable People - Hayes, Rutherford B., 1822-1893
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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