Exodusters

Exodusters:

Exodusters was a name given to black Americans who fled the Southern United States for Kansas in 1879 and 1880. After the end of Reconstruction, rumors of the reinstitution led freedmen to find a new place to live. Kansas was settled mostly because the state had a reputation of being more proggressive and tolerant than most others. Benjiman "Pap" Singleton promoted this migration among many African Americans. Some 50,000 Exodusters migrated to the west. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodusters **America Pathways to the Present pg. 260 http://middle.usm.k12.wi.us/faculty/taft/Unit5/westwebquest/Exodusters/**