the quotation below is from a letter written in 1879 by Kansas governor john p st john
any colored man who is honest and industrious and who can come with a very small capital to sustain him for the short time until he can get a start can do well the life and property of the colored man is just as safe here as is the life and property of a white man the advantages of educating his children are equal to those extended to white children
based on the quotation nd your knowledge of Kansas history write a paragraph to persuade African American families to leave the south and move to Kansas.