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New Philadelphia: An Archæology of Race in the Heartland (George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies)
New Philadelphia An Archology of Race in the Heartland - George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies
Author: Paul A. Shackel
New Philadelphia, Illinois, was founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a Kentucky slave who purchased his own freedom and then acquired land on the prairie for establishing a new--and integrated--community. McWorter sold property to other freed slaves and to whites, and used the proceeds to buy his family out of slavery. The town population reached ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520266308
ISBN-10: 0520266307
Publication Date: 11/16/2010
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
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