In the 1890s, African Americans moved from the rural South to northern cities in order to change their identities. live in a place with many different cultures and races. escape discrimination and find better economic opportunities. escape religious persecution.
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Due to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 less than 8% of African Americans lived in the cities of the northern United States, but from that event, the majority of this population emigrated to northern cities in order to change their identities, this population emigrated to New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Columbus, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Indianapolis, as well as other small industrial cities.
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln, on January 1, 1863, that changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designated areas of the south, going from being slaves to free people.