The Colored People in Kansas
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Title
The Colored People in Kansas
Source
Chronicling America
Publisher
Daily Kennebec Journal
Date
1887-08-09
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The Colored People in Kansas.
The convention of the colored men of southwest Kansas, held at Hutchinson last week, disclosed a state of facts worthy of thoughtful attention. Nearly if not quite all the people represented have moved into Kansas inside of the last twelve years. The "t "exoduses" of colored people from South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and other parts of the south are now half-forgotten gotten events that once attracted much attention. Mainly to escape local injustice and persecution, and partly under the influence that seems at once time or another to inspire injustice and persecution, and partly under the influence that seems at one time or another to inspire individuals and whole races alike to move toward the setting sun for betterment of their condition, thousands of colored people made their way to southwest Kansas as best they could, and became pioneers under conditions that were adverse in the extreme. A few of their number were well to to-do, but most of the blacks that went to Kansas were abjectly poor, and apparently illy fitted by previous training and habits of life to achieve success where to do so involved a stern conflict with the rugged forces of untamed nature. Yet the convention referred to proves that these people have succeeded admirably. Their committee on industrial progress reported that the colored people of southwestern Kansas now own 767,000 acres of land, valued at $ 1,225,000, and city and town property valued at the additional sum of $ 965,000. This is really a remarkable exhibit of substantial success. It is open to question whether an equal number of white men settled in the same localities, under precisely the same material conditions that governed these colored men, would have made any better showing of accumulation and progress in every direction. They have abundantly proved that with the same incentives to inspire their efforts their race is capable of displaying in large degree the same sturdy industry and many fortitude that animates the white pioneer when engaged in conquering a home from virgin soil and untouched forest. The lesson of the Hutchinson convention is one of hope for the colored race. — Chicago Mail.
The Colored People in Kansas.
The convention of the colored men of southwest Kansas, held at Hutchinson last week, disclosed a state of facts worthy of thoughtful attention. Nearly if not quite all the people represented have moved into Kansas inside of the last twelve years. The "t "exoduses" of colored people from South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and other parts of the south are now half-forgotten gotten events that once attracted much attention. Mainly to escape local injustice and persecution, and partly under the influence that seems at once time or another to inspire injustice and persecution, and partly under the influence that seems at one time or another to inspire individuals and whole races alike to move toward the setting sun for betterment of their condition, thousands of colored people made their way to southwest Kansas as best they could, and became pioneers under conditions that were adverse in the extreme. A few of their number were well to to-do, but most of the blacks that went to Kansas were abjectly poor, and apparently illy fitted by previous training and habits of life to achieve success where to do so involved a stern conflict with the rugged forces of untamed nature. Yet the convention referred to proves that these people have succeeded admirably. Their committee on industrial progress reported that the colored people of southwestern Kansas now own 767,000 acres of land, valued at $ 1,225,000, and city and town property valued at the additional sum of $ 965,000. This is really a remarkable exhibit of substantial success. It is open to question whether an equal number of white men settled in the same localities, under precisely the same material conditions that governed these colored men, would have made any better showing of accumulation and progress in every direction. They have abundantly proved that with the same incentives to inspire their efforts their race is capable of displaying in large degree the same sturdy industry and many fortitude that animates the white pioneer when engaged in conquering a home from virgin soil and untouched forest. The lesson of the Hutchinson convention is one of hope for the colored race. — Chicago Mail.
Convention Minutes Item Type Metadata
Convention Type
State Convention
City
Topeka
State
KS
Country
USA
Start Date
1895-09
End Date
1895-09
Provenance
Library of Congress
Event ID
1895.KS-09.00.TOPE
Citation
Robinson, D.L. (of the Wichita Globe), “The Colored People in Kansas,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/2311.