The main factor that influenced African Americans to migrate from the South to Northern cities was that they were looking for better economic opportunities.
The Great Migration, also known as the Great Northward Migration in the 20th century, happened because most black people were badly treated by many people that still expected African Americans to be slaves, and their economic conditions were quite poor.
As a result, African Americans decided to migrate to the Northern cities, where they would get many job opportunities as well as going to have a better lifestyle by not being discriminated.
People from the continent of Africa were enslaved in the southern colonies of what is now America.
They were sold and bartered like goods for the benefit of plantation owners, so that they could work and tend to the farm and other properties.
