I conclude that there was a very small increase of blacks from former slave holding states. But there were more blacks in 1885 than 1875 from former slave holding states. The census supports the research question by giving the numbers of blacks in Delaware Township, Kansas. It also gives an incomplete answer because I don't know how many blacks were skipped over and not counted. We also don't know how many blacks were here before the census was taken and when they left. Many of them were probably here and moved away. Some of the blacks may have even moved to another part of Kansas like Wyandotte County. Since the Underground Railroad was in Wyandotte many of the blacks may have settled in that town instead or even moved from Delaware to Wyandotte because of other family members already living there. But I believe there were more blacks in 1885 than 1875 because of the want for freedom. Kansas was the place of freedom. I think doing a research question on immigration to Wyandotte County would be a great project because that was where the Underground Railroad was in Kansas City, Kansas.