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- Title
Rooted in Freedom: Raleigh, North Carolina's Freedmen's Village of Oberlin, an Antebellum Free Black Enclave.
- Authors
LITTLE, M. RUTH
- Abstract
The article discusses the history of Oberlin Village, a neighborhood established by African American freedmen in Raleigh, North Carolina during the Reconstruction period. Topics explored include the notable people that contributed to the construction of the village such as then legislators James Henry Harris and Wilson W. Morgan, the freedom and land ownership opportunity given to village residents, and the sale of land by the Cameron and Mordecai families to a freedman in the 1800s.
- Subjects
RALEIGH (N.C.); UNITED States; AFRICAN American neighborhoods; FREEDMEN; AFRICAN American history, 1863-1877; LAND tenure; HARRIS, James Henry; CAMERON family; MORDECAI family
- Publication
North Carolina Historical Review, 2020, Vol 97, Issue 4, p425
- ISSN
0029-2494
- Publication type
Article