Historic Black Settlements of OhioArcadia Publishing, 03.02.2020 - 208 Seiten In the years leading up to the Civil War, Ohio had more African American settlements than any other state. Owing to a common border with several slave states, it became a destination for people of color seeking to separate themselves from slavery. Despite these communities having populations that sometimes numbered in the hundreds, little is known about most of them, and by the beginning of the twentieth century, nearly all had lost their ethnic identities as the original settlers died off and their descendants moved away. Save for scattered cemeteries and an occasional house or church, they have all but been erased from Ohio's landscape. Father-daughter coauthors David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker piece together the stories of more than forty of these black settlements. |
Inhalt
McNeal and Vanmeter Colonies | |
Long Town | |
Depp Settlement and Little Africa | |
Poke Patch and Lambert Lands | |
Five Colonies | |
Carthagena | |
Rossville Hanktown and Marshalltown | |
The Lett Settlement | |
Middle Creek or Upthegrove Settlement | |
Carrs Run and Pee Pee Settlement | |
Stillguest or Hicks Settlement | |
Houston Hollow | |
Browns Settlement and Others | |
Gist Settlement or Dark Town | |
Paynes Crossing | |
Berlin Crossroads and Ragland Colony | |
McIntyre Settlement or Hayti | |
Blackfork Burlington and Ironton | |
Rumley and Near Port Jefferson | |
New Guinea or Lexington | |
East of Wren | |
Harveysburg | |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Historic Black Settlements of Ohio David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2020 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abolitionist acres of land African American arrived Author photo Baptist Church became black settlements Blackfork born Brown County built cabin Captina Carthagena Cemetery census Cincinnati colony colored Columbus Conway Creek Darke County daughter Depp East Wren Elizabeth emancipated enslaved farm father former slaves free black freed freedom fugitive slaves Gist Settlement Godfrey Godfrey Brown Greene County Hanktown Highland County historian History hundred Ibid Ironton Jackson Township James Jefferson John Kentucky Lambert Lands later Lett Settlement lived Logan County manumitted married Mary Mercer County Methodist miles moved named Negro Nicey Ohio Paulding County Payne’s Crossing Pike County Piqua plantation Poke Patch purchased purportedly Quaker Ragland Randolph slaves residents Robert Rossville Rumley Samuel Sarah Scioto settled settlers Shelby County slave owner slavery surnames Thomas town Underground Railroad Van Wert County Virginia Washington Township Wattles Wert County wife Wilberforce William Woodson wrote Xenia Yellow Springs