America's Forgotten Black Pioneers
Special | 27m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Anna-Lisa Cox discusses African American pioneer settlements in the Northwest Territory.
Anna-Lisa Cox, Author of “The Bone and Sinew of the Land,” shares the history of the free African American pioneers who, during our nation’s earliest years, built settlements in the Northwest Territory where slavery was banned, and all men had equal voting rights.
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America's Forgotten Black Pioneers
Special | 27m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Anna-Lisa Cox, Author of “The Bone and Sinew of the Land,” shares the history of the free African American pioneers who, during our nation’s earliest years, built settlements in the Northwest Territory where slavery was banned, and all men had equal voting rights.
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