The second significant cause of the Great Migration was the desire of black Southerners to escape segregation, known euphemistically as Jim Crow. Rural African American Southerners believed that segregation - and racism and prejudice against blacks - was significantly less intense in the North.Jul 2, 2016
It destroyed a lot of homes and families in the community for the colonists and for the Natives too. It took years to repair the damage done and to cover the huge military expenses.