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MAAP | Mapping the African American Past

Cynthia Copeland on the origin of Seneca Village

Public Historian Cynthia R. Copeland describes enclaves of free African Americans and the unusual beginning of Seneca Village.

Source: CCNMTL

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Produced by CCNMTL, Chase, Teachers College, and CCI