On West Dallas Street at Heiner Street, on the right when traveling west on West Dallas Street.
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
On West Gray Street at Taft Street, on the right when traveling east on West Gray Street.
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
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