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This excerpt of a census schedule provides details--including the name, age, race, and occupation--of settlers in Rock Creek Township in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. The county included a black population (B=Black) who had settled there in 1879 with the help of the Freedmen's Relief Association.
Creator: United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880
Date: June 11, 1880
This excerpt only includes the pages with the greatest proportion of African-American residents. This could work with a variety of documents by providing statistical evidence of Exodusters in Kansas.
KS:7th:3.5:Exodusters (2005)
Item Number: 210688
Call Number: Microfilm: K28
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210688
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Labor - Farmers
Agriculture - Labor - Women
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Carpenters
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Library
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable - Relief - Freedmen's Relief Association
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Exodusters (Indicator 5) - Emigrant aid organizations
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Exodusters (Indicator 5) - Emigrants' daily life in Kansas
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Exodusters (Indicator 5) - Exoduster settlements
Date - 1880s - 1880
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Census
People - African Americans - Exodusters
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Places - International - Switzerland
Places - Other States - California
Places - Other States - Indiana
Places - Other States - Kentucky
Places - Other States - Mississippi
Places - Other States - New Hampshire
Places - Other States - Ohio
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania
Places - Other States - Virginia
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Censuses
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