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.
Alabama
California
Colorado
Florida
- Eatonville
- Fort Mose
- Freedtown[6]
Illinois
Indiana
- Beech Settlement
- Pinkston Settlement
- Roberts Settlement
- Snelling Settlement
- Lyles Station, Indiana
- Roundtree, Indiana
- Sand Hill, Indiana
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
- Longtown
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
- Barrett Station
- Deep Ellum
- Ellis Alley, San Antonio
- Freedmen's Town Historic District, Fourth Ward, Houston[9]
- Independence Heights
- Kendleton
- Little Egypt
- Saint Johns Colony
- Shankleville
- Tamina[10]
- Tenth Street Historic District, Dallas[11]
Virginia
- Freedmen's Village, Arlington National Cemetery[12]
- Pocahontas Island
Further reading
- Brown, DeNeen L. (March 27, 2015). "All-black towns across America: Life was hard but full of promise". Washington Post.
References
- ↑ FREEDMEN'S SETTLEMENTS, Thad Sitton
- ↑ Roberts, Andrea (2017-11-17). ""A Conversation" and "Portals to Freedom or Researching in Limbo Time"". UTSOA Platform 2017: Convergent Voices: 10.
- ↑ "All-black towns across America: Life was hard but full of promise". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ↑ "Oklahoma's All-Black Towns | This Land Press - Made by You and Me". thislandpress.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
- ↑ "Announcement! Online Black Settlement Atlas, Statewide Survey Goes Live July 12!". Texas Freedom Colonies Project. July 12, 2018.
- ↑ "Freedtown Historical Marker". History of Pasco County, Florida. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- 1 2 Goddard, David (2011). Colonizing Southampton: The Transformation of a Long Island Community, 1870-1900. SUNY Press. p. 48.
- ↑ Keuffel, Ken (August 17, 2012). "Freedman's Community Moves Toward Recognition". Winston-Salem Journal.
- ↑ "Houston: Freedmen's Town Historic District". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ↑ https://www.motherjones.com/media/2016/06/tamina-texas-photo-marti-corn/
- ↑ "Tenth Street Historic District". City of Dallas. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ↑ Holland, Jesse J. (May 20, 2010). "Arlington Graves Cover 'Freedman's Village'". NBC News.