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By Beverly Pfingsten, September 27, 2008
Martin R. Delany Marker
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1 ► West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — Martin R. Delany —  |
| Free African-American, born 1812 in Charles Town. Died 1885. Ability to read forced family to move to PA in 1822. Studied medicine and attended Harvard in 1850. Published Mystery, first black newspaper west of Allegh. 1843-47, & co-edited . . . — — Map (db m12639) HM | |||
| 2 ► Pennsylvania, Franklin County, Chambersburg — Martin Delany — (1812 - 1885) — |
| Delany was an influential abolitionist, civil rights activist, Army officer, and prominent physician. The son of an enslaved father and free mother received his education in Chambersburg. He went on to publish an anti-slavery newspaper, "The . . . — — Map (db m201756) HM | |||