Black towns as nations rebuilt: Oklahoma's 50+ all-Black towns, many founded by Creek and Seminole Freedmen on their nations' land (Boley, Rentiesville, Taft, Red…
Year: 1234 · Places: Florida, Gulf Coast, Oklahoma & the Five Tribes, Africa
SUMMARYBlack towns as nations rebuilt: Oklahoma's 50+ all-Black towns, many founded by Creek and Seminole Freedmen on their nations' land (Boley, Rentiesville, Taft, Red Bird); Mound Bayou, Mississippi (1887, Delta town named for an Indian mound where two bayous meet); Eatonville, Florida (1887); Nicodemus, Kansas; Africatown, Alabama; Greenwood (Tulsa) and Rosewood (Florida), burned in 1921 and 1923. Record. Feeds Vault hub 1234 (Black Towns).