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Underground Railroad: African American Landowners

African American Landowners of Lick Creek In the exodus of about 200 Quakers from North Carolina to Indiana in the mid-1800s, a substantial portion of the group were free African Americans. They travelled alongside white Quakers, who although offered a certain degree of protection, did not always provide a welcoming invitation once in Indiana. Despite restricted liberties in Indiana, free Blacks found refuge in the Lick Creek settlement, now part of the Hoosier National Forest. In 1831, Mathew…

  • Managed by: USDA Forest Service
  • Coordinates: 38.493522, -86.4111647

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