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By Beverly Pfingsten, September 27, 2008
Martin R. Delany Marker
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| On George Street (West Virginia Route 115) north of Washington Street (West Virginia Route 51), on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On South Main Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
May. 5, 2024