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First, at the end of the Civil War, the newly emancipated African “Americans” suffered from the brunt of so much hostility one scholar writes “Black folk were always on the move, throwing off oppression like stifling clothes and inhabiting new lands with old hopes of freedom,” The search took African-Americans to Kansas, Canada, Mexico, and even back home to Africa. But the place that got the most attention to relocate for freedom-thirsty African-Americans-Americans viewed Oklahoma, then known as Indian Territory, as the most sensible place for African-Americans to start their new lives.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 03:44:58 +0000

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