The 'Exodusters' were a specific group of homesteaders who moved to Kansas in the late 1870s consisting primarily of:
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Correct answer: African Americans fleeing the post-Reconstruction South
Named after the biblical Exodus, these settlers sought to escape the rise of Jim Crow laws and racial violence. Kansas was a popular destination because of its historical association with abolitionist John Brown.
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