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Major Historical Migrations
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Mariel Boatlift
1980: A mass emigration of Cubans to the United States when Cuba's government allowed citizens to leave the country via the Port of Mariel.
The Exodus
Traditionally dated to the 13th century BC: The mass departure of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as narrated in the Hebrew Bible.
The Highland Clearances
18th - 19th century: Mass displacement of the inhabitants of the Scottish Highlands due to changes in agricultural practices and the enclosure movement.
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
16th - 19th century: Forced transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas.
Dust Bowl Migration
1930s: Migration of people from the Plains states to California due to severe dust storms and economic hardship.
Bantu Migration
Approximately 1000 BC - 1000 AD: Expansion of the Bantu-speaking people from their homeland in what is now southeastern Nigeria and the Cameroons into most of sub-Saharan Africa.
Great Migration
1916 - 1970: Movement of 6 million African Americans from the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West.
Volga German Migration
1760s - 19th century: Ethnic Germans migrating to and from the Volga River region in Russia.
The Great Atlantic Migration
19th - early 20th century: The movement of Europeans to the United States.
Trail of Tears
1830s: Forced relocation of several Native American tribes from their ancestral lands in the Southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi River.
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