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Oberlin: A Village Rooted in Freedom
Oberlin: A Village Rooted in Freedom” reveals how a historic preservation project has helped recover the story of a once-thriving town near Raleigh built after the Civil War by formerly enslaved and free blacks. Oberlin had more than 1200 inhabitants before being paved over in the name of progress. The renovation of two 1880s houses by Preservation North Carolina has exposed remarkable stories about the families who lived there.
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Oberlin: A Village Rooted in Freedom
How a historic preservation project has helped recover the story of a once-thriving town near Raleigh built after the Civil War by formerly enslaved and free blacks. Oberlin had more than 1,200 inhabitants before being paved over in the name of progress. The renovation of two 1880s houses by Preservation North Carolina has exposed remarkable stories about the families who lived there.
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Myrick Howard
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Joseph H. Holt Jr.
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Wilma Peebles-Wilkins
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Mable Elizabeth Scarver Patterson
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Geraldine Capehart
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Karen Goode Throckmorton
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Andria Marie Fields
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Randolph Shepard
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Irene Graves
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Edward Littlejohn
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Josephus Daniels
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Frank A. Daniels Jr.
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Susan Mask
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