AfroFrontierism: Blackdom (1900 - 1930)
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#TheBlackdomTownsite | Knox Starke County [IN] Democrat September 17, 1903

#WHA2020 | #Blackdom2020 #BlackdomRenaissance

The Blackdom Townsite Company was incorporated at Santa Fe, N. M., with a capital stock of $10,000. The purpose is to establish a colony of negroes from the southern states in Chavez County, the name of the town to be Blackdom.

Knox Starke County Democrat September 17, 1903 pg 1

Knox Starke County Democrat September 17, 1903 pg 2

Knox Starke County Democrat September 17, 1903 pg 2

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