Good Morning POU! "When I landed on the soil of Kansas I looked on the ground and I says this is free ground. Then I looked on the heavens and I says them is free and beautiful heavens. Then I looked within my heart and I says to myself, I wonder why I was never free before?" - former slave John Solomon Lewis The Exodus of 1879 The great 1879 exodus of … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: The History of the Exodusters
Blacks in the Southwest
Tuesday Open Thread: The History of the Exodusters
Good Morning POU! We continue to look at the Exodusters Movement. Today, what led to former slaves moving to the southwest at such a great pace and why the southwest, particularly, Kansas? Benjamin Singleton, and S.A. McClure, Leaders of the Exodus, leaving Nashville, Tennessee with former slaves. Conditions in the Post-War South The post-Civil War era should … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The History of the Exodusters
Monday Open Thread: The History of the Exodusters
Good Morning POU! This week we will explore the history and significance of The Exodusters Movement. Exodusters waiting for a steamboat to carry them westward in the late 1870's. Exodusters was a name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to primarily Kansas, as well as other surrounding states in the late nineteenth century, … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: The History of the Exodusters