Exoduster Movement

American history

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In Homestead Act of 1862
…as a part of the Exoduster Movement—the name given to the migration or “exodus” of African Americans from the South to escape Jim Crow oppression. While the rumors regarding racial attitudes proved to be exaggerations, the Black farmers who took advantage of the Homestead Act found the West more hospitable…
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