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Aug 1, 1521
The first of the African Ancestry moved
People from the African ancestry to migrate into what is now the western United States originated from Central Mexico and it was almost 200,000 Africans transported between 1521 and 1821. -
New COMERS / The Early Black West
Newcomers settled on the northern frontier of the Spanish colony,. They wanted to improve their lives. -
Relocated/The Early Black West
In 1830 nearly seventy thousand Native Americans were forcibly relocated from the Old South to Indian Territory. -
African-American migration / Overview
African-American migration to the West because black wanted to get out of being slaves. -
Approved / Overview
the Third Annual Convention for the Improvement of the Free People of Color considered the colonization of West Africa. -
The Early black West
Republic of Texas into a vast slaveholding empire in 1836 -
The Far West
African Americans started to venture into Oregon Territory. -
Far West
4,000 African Americans reached the Golden State. Half of that number settled in San Francisco and Sacramento -
The Far West
After the Pikes Peak gold rush majority moved to California after Colorado Teritory -
Population/Overview
1860 the black population of the western states grew from 196,000 to 1,787,000. -
Far West
4,000 African Americans reached the Golden State. Half of that number settled in San Francisco and Sacramento -
Kansas
The 1862 Homestead Act applied to Kansas and other western states. Meanig settlers could pay a small fee to receive 160 acres from the government regardless of their race or gender. -
Migration to Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territory became the other major area for African-American migration, but was originally set aside for settlement by Native Americans -
Kansas
Between 1870 and 1890, some thirty thousand migrants settled in the Kansas -
Moving Further West
African Americans had established a number of agricultural communities in Dakota Territory and in Nebraska. -
Moving Further West
African-American men and women moved to Denver, San Francisco, Seattle, and Los Angeles in search of jobs in the urban economy. -
Far West
African-American population doubled from 253,000 to over 620,000. -
The Golden State
During the Gold Rush, San Francisco had the oldest black urban community in the West, but the number of African Americans declined between 1890 and 1910. -
World War II and After in the Black West
The West's black population grew by 443,000 (33 percent), with most of the newcomers settling in the coastal cities like California, Oregon, and Washington -
Population/The Early Black West
1950 the black population of the western states grew from 196,000 to 1,787,000.
