Great Migration of African Americans to Hartford, Connecticut, 1910–1930: A GIS Analysis at the Neighborhood and Street Level

The Great Migration of African Americans from the South at the beginning of the twentieth century had an enormous impact on cities in the Midwest and North including Hartford, Connecticut. This study examines the movement of African Americans to Hartford at the neighborhood and street level. The new...

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Published in:Social science history 2015-07, Vol.39 (2), p.287-310
Main Authors: Schlichting, Kurt, Tuckel, Peter, Maisel, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
African Americans
Censuses
Cities
European cultural groups
Farms
Geographic information systems
Immigrants
Migrants
Migration
Neighborhoods
Population
Race
Racial segregation
Renovation & restoration
Segregation
Social sciences
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic status
Standard of living
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Summary:The Great Migration of African Americans from the South at the beginning of the twentieth century had an enormous impact on cities in the Midwest and North including Hartford, Connecticut. This study examines the movement of African Americans to Hartford at the neighborhood and street level. The new arrivals, many from Georgia recruited to work in the Connecticut River valley tobacco farms, joined long-established African American residents of Hartford. A geographic information system (GIS) analysis at the street level illustrates residential differences within the African American community based on place of birth, socioeconomic status, and voting. In the north end of Hartford migrants from Georgia and Eastern European immigrants, for a moment in historical time, shared residential space at the street level. However the Eastern European immigrants had higher occupation status and moved out of the North End neighborhoods, which became increasingly racially segregated as the Great Migration continued.
ISSN:0145-5532
1527-8034
DOI:10.1017/ssh.2015.54