Want to move iPhoto ORIGINALS not just Copy them to EHD

I see where many people want to back up their iPhoto library to an EHD but I literally want to relocate my original images off my internal hard drive and onto an EHD. I'm happy no longer using iPhoto so fine with my originals not being there anymore. Once they are moved I'll then determine if I want to import into LR and add to that catalog but for now the first step is I just want my originals off the computer. Should have done a back up when I imported but I didn't know better back then.
Can someone explain how to move the originals versus just drag and copy the library?
Thanks.

If you look closely the Originals is an alias file that points to the Originals folder.
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