In April, 1,300 refugees had gathered around Wyandotte alone.

Up to that date 60,000 had come to Kansas, nearly 40,000 of whom arrived in destitute condition.

About 30,000 settled in the country, some on rented lands and others on farms as laborers, leaving about 25,000 in cities, where on account of crowded conditions and the hard weather many greatly suffered.

Upon finding employment, however, they all did well, most of them becoming self-supporting within one year after their arrival, and few of them coming back to the Relief Association for aid the second time.[19] This was especially true of those in Topeka, Parsons and Kansas City.
The people of Kansas did not encourage the blacks to come.

They even sent messengers to the South to advise the Negroes not to migrate and, if they did come anyway, to provide themselves with equipment.