AfroFrontierism: Blackdom (1900 - 1930)
Timothy E. Nelson, Ph.D., Historian

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#OrganizaitonOfBlackdom | Connersville [IN] Evening News, September 10, 1903
#WHA2020 | #BlackdomRenaissance

#WHA2020 | #BlackdomRenaissance

Santa Fe., N. M., Sept. 10.--The Blackdom Townsite company was incorporated 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 town to be Blackdom.

Connersville Evening News | September 10, 1903 pg 1

Connersville Evening News | September 10, 1903 pg 1

#NegroColonizationScheme | Washington [WA] Herald, September 10, 1903

#WHA2020 | #Blackdom2020

#BlackdomRenaissance

Santa Fe., N. M., Sept. 10.--The Blackdom Townsite company was incorporated 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 town to be Blackdom.

Washington Herald September 10, 1903 pg 1

Washington Herald September 10, 1903 pg

Washington Herald September 10, 1903 pg

#OrganizationOfBlackdom | Kokomo [IN] Daily Tribune, September 10, 1903
#WHA2020 | #Blackdom2020 #BlackdomRenaissance

#WHA2020 | #Blackdom2020 #BlackdomRenaissance

Organization of Blackdom

Santa Fe., N. M., Sept. 10.--The Blackdom Townsite company was incorporated 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 town to be Blackdom.

Kokomo Daily Tribune September 10, 1903 pg 7

Kokomo Daily Tribune September 10, 1903 pg 7

#RefugeForNegroes | Portage [WI] Daily Register, Thursday, September 10, 1903
#TheBlackdomTownsite |  Madison, WI

#TheBlackdomTownsite | Madison, WI

Santa Fe., N. M., Sept. 10.--The Blackdom Townsite company was incorporated 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 town to be Blackdom.

Portage Daily Register, Thursday September 10, 1903

#BlackdomInNewMexico | The Spokesman [WA] Review, Thursday, September 10, 1903
#TheBlackdomTownsite | Spokane, WA

#TheBlackdomTownsite | Spokane, WA

DENVER, Col., Sept. 9.-- a special to the Republican from Santa Fe, N.M., says The Blackdom Townsite company was incorporated today 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.

The Spokesman Review Thursday, September 10, 1903

#ColonyForNegroes | Latrobe [PA] Bulletin September 10, 1903
#TheBlackdomTownsite | Latrobe, PA

#TheBlackdomTownsite | Latrobe, PA

Santa Fe., N. M., Sept. 10.--The Blackdom Townsite company was incorporated 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.

Latrobe Bulletin | Thursday, September 10, 1903