Emigration: Joseph Posey and Robert and Richard DePriest of Florence leave on a scouting expedition for Kansas, looking for a suitable place to emigrate with their families.
This is a newspaper account about Joseph Posey and Richard Depriest, who went on a scouting party to Kansas to search for suitable land on which to relocate. According to Florence historian Lee Freeman: "The De Priest family produced US Congressman Oscar S. De Priest (1871-1951), elected to the...
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| Online Access: | https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/640 |