Collection SummaryFor over two hundred years African Americans have played a role in our great state’s history. They came as explorers, trappers, miners, railroad workers, soldiers, homesteaders, and printers. Some were lured to the state like their white counterparts; Manifest Destiny and the chance to carve their own future. Others were brought out as an enslaved property of another, and others to serve their country. Their experiences and hard work played a role in the development of the state and their impact lives on today.Collection URLhttps://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/135063
Montana's Black Communities. Montana History Portal, accessed 16/06/2026, https://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/135276
