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The Back to Africa Movement
In the 1890s, racial violence in the American south was so extreme that many black people tried to emigrate to Liberia in West Africa. Many came from the US state of Arkansas.
In the 1890s racial violence in the American south was so extreme that many black people tried to emigrate to Liberia in West Africa. Although the Civil War had brought an end to slavery, conditions were still terrible for many African Americans. The largest number of migrants came from one US state - Arkansas. Listeners may find parts of this programme distressing.
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