| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 207 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
The settlement of New Philadelphia -- Expansion and decline -- It was never lost -- From grass roots to a national movement -- The first field season -- Race and the illusion of harmony -- The Apple Festival and national significance -- Family reunion and division -- Three generations of building and one hundred years of living in New Philadelphia -- A case for landmark status -- Some thoughts, but not the final word |
| Summary |
New Philadelphia, Illinois, was founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a Kentucky slave who purchased his own freedom and then acquired land on the prairie for establishing a new--and integrated--community. McWorter sold property to other freed slaves and to whites, and used the proceeds to buy his family out of slavery. The town population reached 160, but declined when the railroad bypassed it. By 1940 New Philadelphia had virtually disappeared from the landscape. In this book, Paul A. Shackel resurrects McWorter's great achievement of self-determinism, independence, and the will to exist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Frank, Free, 1777-1854.
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| SUBJECT |
Frank, Free, 1777-1854 fast |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Illinois -- New Philadelphia
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Community life -- Illinois -- New Philadelphia -- History
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Cultural pluralism -- Illinois -- New Philadelphia -- History
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Antiquities
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Community life
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Cultural pluralism
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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New Philadelphia (Ill.) -- History
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New Philadelphia (Ill.) -- Antiquities
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Illinois -- New Philadelphia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520947832 |
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0520947835 |
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