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Former slaves bought this Texas swampland in 1865 and created Houston’s Fourth Ward from scratch
Wikimedia Commons The 1865 Freedmen’s Town Settlement at Buffalo Bayou Freedmen’s Town began in 1865 after slaves in Texas ...
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The only intact African culture that survived American slavery is hidden in this South Carolina heritage corridor
Wikimedia Commons/Davidmccoy1 The Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor The Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor runs 12,000 square miles from South Carolina to Florida. Congress created this protected area in ...