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Preferred term
Exodusters
Definition
- Named for their parallels to the Jews fleeing Egyptian slavery, the Exodusters were a grassroots movement of African American families (estimates range from six thousand to twenty-six thousand to fifty thousand people) who fled the South circa 1877 to 1882 (especially in 1879) to make their non-Southern homes, primarily in Kansas. Most arrived by Missouri River boats, but others walked from Texas across Indian Territory. [Source: Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West; Exodusters]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Exodusters
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