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This illustration was drawn by Sol Eytinge Jr., based on a sketch by H. J. Lewis. Published in Harper's Weekly, it shows a family of Exodusters emigrating to Kansas as they flee from the outbreak of yellow fever.
Creator: Lewis, H.J.
Date: August 16, 1879
Item Number: 228708
Call Number: E185.1879 *4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 228708
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Epidemics
Date - 1870s - 1879
Home and Family - Families
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Magazine - Illustrations
People - African Americans - Exodusters
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines - Harper's Weekly
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