An 1875 newspaper article inviting Tennessee’s African American residents to participate in a state convention about migration to Kansas.

Benjamin Singleton was among the leaders of this convention, which was one of the first organized meetings about migration to Kansas.

Citation Information
“The Kansas Imposition,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/d8b0811d2c97f9c8d672ab0ed2acfc7c.
Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
Courtesy of Tennessee State Library and Archives via Digital Library of Tennessee.

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