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Celebrating Black History - Norwood: An Indiana Freetown
Our City Our Voice
English - February 21, 2023 13:58 - 5 minutes - 4.86 MBNews Commentary News Society & Culture #ourcityourvoice Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Celebrating Black History - Life & Times of Frederick Douglass
The legacy of Indiana’s first Freetown founded by Black Civil War veterans, Norwood remains intact as a testament to its founders’ tenacity. Black Civil War veterans and freedmen founded Norwood in the 1860s, carving out a safe haven in the city that neighbored Fountain Square, and the area remained a self-maintaining town into the 1970s. Today, descendants remain and share their history, holding onto its legacy.
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