Abstract
A broad overview of migrations affecting black southerners is presented, including the Atlantic slave trade, the domestic slave trade, colonization movements to Sierra Leone and Liberia, the Exoduster movement, the Great Migration, and the Return South migration. Emigrants convey their experiences and motivations through testimonies and personal accounts. Surviving the trauma of forced migrations, black southerners organized numerous migration movements both outside and within American polities in search of better opportunities. In the late 20th century, black southerners also initiated a return migration to the American South and have since achieved notable socioeconomic and political progress.
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Sanderfer Doss, Selena
(2021)
"Looking for Better: A History of Black Southern Migrations,"
Midwest Social Sciences Journal: Vol. 24:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0796.241.1071
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/mssj/vol24/iss1/4
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