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Period: Aug 25, 1521 to
Central Mexico
About 200,000 Africans were forcibly transported back to their homeland. -
San Antonio to San Francisco
Spanish speaking black settlers, settle in Los Angeles. -
Mexico
Mexico declared independence from Spain -
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African Americans
Seventy thousand Native Americans were forced from Old South to Indian Territory. -
East in Philadelphia
Afican Americans migrated to improve their freedom, this improved immigration to Mexican Texas. -
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Golden State
Four thousand African Americans have reached the Golden State (California) -
Peter Brown
Peter Brown wrote: : "California is the best . . . place for black folks on the globe. All a man has to do is work and he will make money." -
Gold Rush
In 1848 the Gold Rush begin and a vast amount of African Americans came to California. -
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Western States
Black population grew in the western states from 196,000 to 1,787,000 -
Kansas
Kansas became a magnet for land hungry newcomers. -
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Kansas
30,000 migrants settled in Kansas. -
Indian Territory
African Americans from Tennessee migrated into the Indian Territory, but the farmers could not legally own land for a while. -
Increase of blacks
The black population in Indian territory rised 36,000 supprisingly outnumbering the Native Americans. -
Railroads
The Southern Pacific Railroads brought black labors to break a working strike. -
Population grew
West's black population grew by 443,000 (33%) in the cities of California, Oregon, an Washington -
Los Angeles
They had 7,599 African Americans in LA; the largest population of blacks on the west. -
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Seattle
In Seattle black population increased by five thousand people. -
Unemployed
Working men during the war started to lose their jobs and become unemployed in the streets of LA -
San Francisco Women
Half the women in San Francisco begin working as clerks, stenographers, and secretaires. -
Discrimination
Racial discrimination is in employment, housing, and public schools.
