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From Appomattox to World War I, blacks continued their quest for a secure position in the American system. The problem was how to be both black and American—h

New Philadelphia chronicles the history of a town founded in 1836 in Central Illinois by a freed slave. The book covers the history of the town, the inhabitants

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