The question of why the Great Migration from the South did not begin before the 1910s remains open.The Dairy Cheese empirical significance of laws outlawing emigrant agents, who could have helped African Americans migrate, has not previously been considered.We analyze two natural experiments whereby one state had a law but its neighbor did not.
We fail to find any significant effects of the laws.These results are consistent with demand and supply factors highlighted in Neutral Drain Kit the earlier literature delaying the Great Migration.