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The Exodusters

The Who, Why, Where, When and How

Keith Rains

Use the Web Resources provided below to answer these questions:

1.    What is an Exoduster?

2.    When did Exodusters begin to leave the South?

3.    List three reasons for the African-American exodus from the South.

4.    List three reasons for the African-American exodus to Kansas.

5.    What is the meaning of this picture: On This Day, May 1, 1880

6.     Who was the ambitious and energetic leader of the Exodusters?

7.    What hardships did the Exodusters meet on the journey?

8.    What was the route that most Exodusters took to Kansas?

Web Resources

The African American Experience: (St. Louis)
http://stlouis.missouri.org/government/heritage/history/afriamer.htm

Benjamin “Pap” Singleton
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/singleton.htm

Benjamin “Pap” Singleton [photo]
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/leaders.jpg

The Exodusters:  The Basic Story
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/program/episodes/seven/theexodust.htm

The Exodusters:  An Oral History
http://www.ustrek.org/odyssey/semester1/122000/122000stephnico.html

The Exodusters: Resting Along the Creek [photo]
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/boat.jpg

The Exodusters: The Trip [photo]
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/exodust.jpg

The Exodusters: Why Leave the South?
http://www.africana.com/Utilities/Content.html?&../cgi-bin/banner.pl?banner=Education&../Articles/tt_979.htm

The Negro Exodus: The Old Style and the New [photo]
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/harp/0501_big.html

Ho for Kansas [poster]
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/hofokan.jpg

Teacher Resources

The Exodusters
http://www.umsl.edu/~mga/exodust.htm