Historically African-American communities and settlements, known in various areas as "Freedom Towns" or "All-Black towns" were established by or for a predominately African-American populace[1]. Many of these municipalities were established or populated by freed slaves either during or after the period of legal slavery in the United States in the 19th century.

In pre-segregation Oklahoma, many African-American migrants from the Southeast found a space whereby they could establish municipalities on their own terms. 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.

Monroe Work's Negro Year Book editions included a listing of "Negro Towns and Settlements in the United States."[2]

List

Places marked in italics are no longer populated. Places marked with * are absorbed into larger cities.

Alabama

California

Colorado

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Kansas

Louisiana

Massachusetts

Mississippi

Nebraska

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Oklahoma

Texas

See also

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ a b https://books.google.com/books?id=DKwZAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA491&dq=Monroe+work+negro+year+book+towns&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_98e34oSMAxXRSjABHXprNaUQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=snippet&q=eatonville&f=false
  3. ^ "Alabama's oldest black city fading away". Lodi News-Sentinel. May 26, 2009. p. 12. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=yox2AAAAMAAJ&dq=abila+california+negro&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=abila+
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freedmen%27s_towns
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