The Story Of The Exodusters, The Black Americans Who Fled The South For Kansas During The ‘Great Exodus Of 1879’
All That's Interesting | 08.11.2025 09:00
The Civil War ended slavery in the United States. But by 1877, federal policies put in place to protect newly freed Black Americans in the South were threatened by the end of Reconstruction. So thousands of Black people, dubbed Exodusters, decided to leave the region entirely.
