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This article discusses what lessons may be learned from the black exodus out of the South. The unnamed author maintains that Southerners will realize their dependence upon black labor. Furthermore, Northerners will be encouraged to see that they must continue what they began during the Civil War and that they cannot let white Southerners rule the country.
Creator: Topeka Daily Capital
Date: April 23, 1879
This effectively demonstrates the political tensions that remained between Northerners and Southerners. It also provides a hypothesis about the long-term consequences of emigration, a topic which is not discussed in most of the sources selected for this standard.
KS:7th:3.5:Exodusters (2005)
Item Number: 210621
Call Number: Microfilm: T21
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210621
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Exodusters (Indicator 5) - Jim Crow laws in the South
Curriculum - 7th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1860s to 1870s (Benchmark 3) - Exodusters (Indicator 5) - Reasons behind emigration
Date - 1870s - 1879
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - African Americans - Discrimination
People - African Americans - Exodusters
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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