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By Jim Evans, September 16, 2012
Origins of Freedman's Town Marker
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1 ► Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 13317 — Origins of Freedman's Town —  |
| Located in Houston's Fourth Ward, the original Freedman's Town settlement was founded soon after the emancipation of enslaved blacks on June 19, 1865, at the end of the Civil War in Texas. Positioned west of downtown and directly south of Buffalo . . . — — Map (db m59562) HM | |||
| 2 ► Texas, Harris County, Houston, Fourth Ward — 13318 — Twentieth Century Development of Freedman's Town — |
| Founded on the south banks of Buffalo Bayou soon after the June 19, 1865 emancipation of enslaved blacks, Freedman's Town became the center of Houston's African American community. It originally stretched from Buffalo Bayou south to Sutton Street, . . . — — Map (db m62928) HM | |||