Thinking of the big question, write a three-paragraph essay discussing the experiences of African Americans from 1619 until after the Civil War.

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.

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