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02488aam a2200397Ii 4500 001 65047CA80C7C11EC8E70AEE442ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210903010031 008 210824t20212007moua b s001 0 eng d 020 $a 0826222374 020 $a 9780826222374 035 $a (OCoLC)1264797992 040 $a IWA $b eng $e rda $c IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a F474 S29 N437 2021 100 1 $a Jack, Bryan M., $d 1969- 245 14 $a The St. Louis African American community and the Exodusters / $c Bryan M. Jack. 246 3 $a Saint Louis African American community and the Exodusters 250 $a Paperback edition. 264 1 $a Columbia : $b University of Missouri Press, $c [2021] 300 $a xi, 178 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "In the aftermath of the Civil War, thousands of former slaves made their way from the South to the Kansas plains. Called "Exodusters," they were searching for their own promised land. Bryan Jack now tells the story of this American exodus as it played out in St. Louis, a key stop in the journey west. Many of the Exodusters landed on the St. Louis levee destitute, appearing more as refugees than as homesteaders, and city officials refused aid for fear of encouraging more migrants. To the stranded Exodusters, St. Louis became a barrier as formidable as the Red Sea, and Jack tells how the city's African American community organized relief in response to this crisis and provided the migrants with funds to continue their journey."--Back cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index. 505 0 $a Escape -- Relief -- Encouraging the Exodus -- The Red Sea -- The gateway to the West -- Beyond the Exodus. 650 0 $a African Americans $z Saint Louis $z Saint Louis $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Freedmen $z West (U.S.) $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a African American pioneers $z West (U.S.) $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Migration, Internal $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $y 1877-1964. 651 0 $a Saint Louis (Mo.) $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Community life $z Saint Louis $z Saint Louis $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Saint Louis (Mo.) $x Social conditions $y 19th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210903015608.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=65047CA80C7C11EC8E70AEE442ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search