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The east winds were drying out all of the land and the plantations were not able to grow. The African Americans were not able to have food because all of the animals were dying forcing them to move further west.

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In the 50 years following the end of Reconstruction, African Americans transformed ... Perhaps the most profound result of the move to the Northeast and West.

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