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Abolished slavery and made the region safe for blakc settlers from America.
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While considering a colonization operation, they decide that rather than West Africa, Mexco and Texas would be much easier.
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Texas government stops many African Americans from moving into Mexico. Enslaving those that they caught.
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The boom of population in California becuase of rumored gold a plenty.
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Half of all black migrants were settling in what is now San Fransisco and Sacramento.
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By this time, the black population of these two states were skyrocketing with settlers coming in.
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A law dictating that anyone who was old enough could buy some land from the government.
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The city Nebraska proved to be a good place for freshly freed slaves, attracting residents from all over the country.
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The population of independent black farmers in Texas begins to grow exponentially over the next 30 years.
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Founded as an independant Black city in the west. The city was nearly wiped out by a big blizzard years later.
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Train companies bring in thousands and thousnads of workers into California. Most being Black.
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Founded by Oliver Toussaint Jackson, the town was another attempt at an independent black settlement. It lasted a few years before Denver killed it.
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With the attack at Pearl Harbor, Worldwar two creates a land of opportunity for black workers in the west. Promptly leaving them all unemployed after the fact.
