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In the period just after the end of Reconstruction, many African Americans moved away from discrimination into the South towards the Midwest, especially Kansas.  These migrants are known as the "Exodusters".

In the period just after the end of Reconstruction, many African Americans moved away from discrimination into the South towards the Midwest, especially Kansas.  These migrants are known as the "Exodusters".

Most of our images from the Civil War period and afterward are from pictures taken by Mathew Brady, the greatest photographer of the 19th century.  Born in Albany, New York, he learned to make daguerreotypes<ref>A daguerreotype is an early type of imaging that was direct onto a silver surface, and which does not allow copying.</ref> when he was about 15 years old and went on to take portrait pictures of anyone (many Civil War soldiers) and everyone (all the American leaders) for the rest of his life.<ref>http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/bradcont.html</ref>  Brady maintain studios in New York City and Washington, D.C., but also struggled through financial failures in his self-employed business.  The photograph of Thomas Edison below was taken by Mathew Brady.

Most of our images from the Civil War period and afterward are from pictures taken by Mathew Brady, the greatest photographer of the 19th century.  Born in Albany, New York, he learned to make daguerreotypes<ref>A daguerreotype is an early type of imaging that was direct onto a silver surface, and which does not allow copying.</ref> when he was about 15 years old and went on to take portrait pictures of anyone (many Civil War soldiers) and everyone (all the American leaders) for the rest of his life.<ref>http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/bradcont.html</ref>  Brady maintained studios in New York City and Washington, D.C., but also struggled through financial failures in his self-employed business.  The photograph of Thomas Edison below was taken by Mathew Brady.

== Yankee Ingenuity ==

== Yankee Ingenuity ==