A broadside distributed by Benjamin Singleton advertising migration to Kansas, 1878.

Benjamin Singleton established the Edgefield Real Estate and Homestead Association to help organize travel and settlement for African Americans departing Tennessee for Kansas.

Citation Information: “Ho for Kansas!,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/42eb97b62b1ca6d984c0cc814c019cca.

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Item 4 of 15 in the Primary Source Set Exodusters: African American Migration to the Great Plains

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A broadside distributed by Benjamin Singleton advertising migration to Kansas, 1878.

A sheet of lyrics for a song entitled, “The Land that Gives Birth to Freedom,” about leaving Tennessee for Kansas, 1877.

A map showing black towns and settlements in Kansas and Oklahoma in 1900.

A letter from John Turner of St. Louis authorizing William Lloyd Garrison to raise funds for migrants en route to Kansas, April 2, 1879.

A print from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper depicting African Americans en route to Kansas via St. Louis, 1879.

A photograph of a crowded steamboat with migration organizers Benjamin Singleton and S. A. McClure superimposed in the foreground.

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A broadside distributed by Benjamin Singleton advertising migration to Kansas, 1878.

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Item 4 of 15 in the Primary Source Set Exodusters: African American Migration to the Great Plains