America's First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915 by Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua
America's First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915

Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua

America's First Black Town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915

Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua

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"Founded by Chance, Sustained by Courage," Brooklyn, Illinois, was a magnet for African Americans from its founding by free and fugitive Blacks in the 1820s. Initially attractive to escaped slaves and others seeking to live in a Black-majority tow...

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