exoduster



After the Civil War, thousands of African Americans wanted to get out of the south. They tried to flee the violence and exploitation of the rconstruction so, they rode or even walked to the west. In, 1879, Benjamin Singleton led groups of southern african Americans to the west. It is compared to the biblical account of the Israelites fleeing Egypt to a home they call thier own. For that reason they called themselves Exodusters.

Information provided by: America Pathways to Present pg. 260

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