Postbellum Race Relations and Rural Land Tenure

Migration of Blacks and Whites to Kansas and Nebraska, 1870-1890

Bibliographic Data

ID2556905
AuthorsLisa M Frehill (0000-0002-5078-1760, University of Arizona, corresponding author), Lisa M Frehill-Rowe
Year1993
Volume72
Issue1
Pages77
Publication date1993-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Forces (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2580160
OpenAlexW4232238708
LanguageEN
Citations received1

This article analyzes differential migration of blacks and whites during the two decades, 1870–80 and 1880–90, to homesteading opportunities in Kansas and Nebraska with reference to two theories of race relations. A “push-pull” migration model is used where the pull of free farmland in Kansas and Nebraska is considered constant so that push factors of migration model the race and class relations of the late nineteenth century United States. Quantitative analysis of census data via weighted least squares regression shows support for both Bonacich's (1972) split labor market and James's (1988) racial state theories of race relations. The economic relations embodied in the postbellum agricultural system were the primary motivation for migrants from the eastern U.S. to the states of Kansas and Nebraska. Political factors also played a role in migrants' actions

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