New Philadelphia : an archaeology of race in the heartland /
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...
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| Language: | English |
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Berkeley [Calif.] :
University of California Press,
c2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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