Between 1864 and 1923, there were 14 forced county-wide expulsions of African Americans (alongside many town expulsions). The figure below shows the percentage of African Americans living in Vermillion County, Indiana in the years before and after an expulsion.
Click here for an interactive website with information about these expulsions made by the Austin American Statesman newspaper. See also our post about “Sundown Towns,” which kept Blacks out by making it illegal for them to be there after sundown.
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