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A Sharecropper Explains Why He Joined the Exodusters
John Solomon Lewis of Leavenworth, Kansas, wrote this letter on June 10, 1879. Lewis and his family were among thousands of African Americans known as "Exodusters" who escaped the harsh economic and racial realties of the Reconstruction South. The [...]
Tags: Exodusters, Reconstruction
Item Type: Diary/Letter
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)