Static Images: Black Population Change, 1860-1900

Emancipation created great freedom of movement, asmany blacks fled the southeastern states for the greater fortune possible in the west. Through the simple act of moving westward, blacks participated in the American manifest destiny and denied the racial lens through which whites perceived their nation's expansion.

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Black pop. change, 1860-1900

Black pop. change, 1900-1940

Black Land tenure, 1900

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