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Los Angeles Founded
The majority of the founders were spanish speaking black settlers -
Mexico Gains Independence
Slavery is abolished in Mexico and many african americans go to what was then Mexican-Texas for more freedom -
Third Annual Convention for the Improvement of the Free People of Color
The convention discusses moving to West Africa but then decides it would be better to move to Mexican-Texas *Philadelphia -
The New Republic of Texas
Texas revolutionaries take over Texas and turn it into a large slaveholding empire -
California Gold Rush
Many African Americans moved west for greater opportunities -
The Homestead Act of 1862
allowed people to move west and improve the land regardless of race -
Oklohoma Territory Founded
Founded as a good place for black settlers -
Nicodemus
Town founded as a self-governing agricultural black community -
Langston City Founded
A city created to be a safe place where African Americans can escape segregation and lynch law -
Boley Founded
Popular all black town in the west
