The primary source I used was the Kansas State Census of 1875 and 1885. The advantages to the source are it is the only record of who was here in 1875 and 1885. It also uses names so the people so the people are not just numbers in this study. The Census tells the name, age, sex, place of birth, and place of immigration. Some of the disadvantages were that the Census taker's handwriting was very difficult to read and understand. I believe when he got tired, probably skip houses and lots of people. The specific areas used in the research were the names, age, sex, race, place of birth, and place of immigration. The place of birth was used to determine if the person was an immigrant or someone born in Kansas. Place of immigration tells me were they came from, a slave holding state or not. In the Census of 1885 I found 8 people from non slave holding states. The place of birth showed me that some of the blacks were born in a slave holding state and moved to another slave holding state before coming to Kansas.
    Some of my secondary sources are "Black Migration to Wyandotte County 1860-1900", Benjamin Singleton, and The Wyandotte Herald. The "Black Migration to Wyandotte County 1860-1900" was a great advantage because it showed how racism was in 1875. It gave me the best background setting and even showed me how terrible racism was in 1860-1900. The feelings the whites had toward the blacks was terrible knowing the life they had to live and taking a trip to freedom. Being that Kansas is a free state you would think that the people would have open arms to all slave looking for freedom and a new home.