List of Freedmen's towns

A historically African-American municipality, known in various areas as "Freedmen's town", "Freedom Towns", or "All-Black towns", are municipalities which were established by or for a predominantly African-American populace.[1] Many of these municipalities were established or populated by freed slaves[2] either during or after the period of legal slavery in the United States in the 19th century.[3]

In Oklahoma before the end of segregation there existed dozens of these communities as many African-American migrants from the Southeast found a space whereby they could establish municipalities on their own terms.[4] Chief among them was Edward P. McCabe, who envisioned so large a number of African-Americans settling in the territory that it would become a Black-governed state. In Texas, 357 "Freedom colonies" have been located and verified.[5]

List

Places marked in italics are no longer populated.

Further reading

  • Brown, DeNeen L. (March 27, 2015). "All-black towns across America: Life was hard but full of promise". Washington Post.

References

  1. ↑ FREEDMEN'S SETTLEMENTS, Thad Sitton
  2. ↑ Roberts, Andrea (2017-11-17). ""A Conversation" and "Portals to Freedom or Researching in Limbo Time"". UTSOA Platform 2017: Convergent Voices: 10.
  3. ↑ "All-black towns across America: Life was hard but full of promise". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Oklahoma's All-Black Towns | This Land Press - Made by You and Me". thislandpress.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  5. ↑ "Announcement! Online Black Settlement Atlas, Statewide Survey Goes Live July 12!". Texas Freedom Colonies Project. July 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Freedtown Historical Marker". History of Pasco County, Florida. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Goddard, David (2011). Colonizing Southampton: The Transformation of a Long Island Community, 1870-1900. SUNY Press. p. 48.
  8. ↑ Keuffel, Ken (August 17, 2012). "Freedman's Community Moves Toward Recognition". Winston-Salem Journal.
  9. ↑ "Houston: Freedmen's Town Historic District". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  10. ↑ https://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/06/tamina-texas-photo-marti-corn/
  11. ↑ "Tenth Street Historic District". City of Dallas. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  12. ↑ Holland, Jesse J. (May 20, 2010). "Arlington Graves Cover 'Freedman's Village'". NBC News.
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