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Author:

Jack, Bryan M., 1969-

Title:

The St. Louis African American community and the Exodusters / Bryan M. Jack.

Edition:

Paperback edition.

Publisher:

University of Missouri Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xi, 178 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

African Americans--Saint Louis--Saint Louis--History--19th century.
Freedmen--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
African American pioneers--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--History--19th century.
Migration, Internal--United States--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--1877-1964.
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--19th century.
Community life--Saint Louis--Saint Louis--History--19th century.
Saint Louis (Mo.)--Social conditions--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index.

Contents:

Escape -- Relief -- Encouraging the Exodus -- The Red Sea -- The gateway to the West -- Beyond the Exodus.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0826222374
9780826222374

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1264797992

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)