Report of the minority, in report and testimony of the select committee to Investigate the causes of the removal of the Negroes from the southern states to the northern states, in three parts

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Report of the minority, in report and testimony of the select committee to Investigate the causes of the removal of the Negroes from the southern states to the northern states, in three parts

This report, written by the minority party of the Senate select committee investigating the Exodus, outlines the minority's conclusions about the reasons for black emigration to the North during the Reconstruction period. This committee, composed of majority and minority parties, had taken testimony from hundreds of people having direct knowledge of the exodus movement. In essence, the minority party concluded that the Northern Republican Party and emigrant aid organizations had not persuaded blacks in the South to emigrate to the North. Instead, the unfavorable condition of life in the South had caused this mass exodus. The minority members were William Windom, a Republican senator from Minnesota, and Henry W. Blair, a Republican senator from New Hampshire.

Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Negro Exodus
Date: 1880

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Report of the minority, in report and testimony of the select committee to Investigate the causes of the removal of the Negroes from the southern states to the northern states, in three parts - IX

These reports are a bit lengthy, so they should be excerpted for student use. It includes some discussion of the atrocities committed by Southern whites and excerpts of some of the testimonies (including one by Benjamin Singleton). It would also be useful to compare the first few pages of this document with the majority party's report to see how they differed.

KS:7th:3.5:Exodusters (2005)

Item Number: 210633
Call Number: 973.8 Un3 Senate Report 693, v. 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210633

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