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The Great Migration of African Americans
Six million african americans fled to the north in search of a better life. The south did not take kindly to this poaching of its chief labor. They would arrest people from the railroad platforms. When there were too many people to arrest, they would wave the train on through. It was really a defection, you know, seeking of political asylum.