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The greenwood district, the thirtyfivesquareblockarea that comprised the citys entire african american community, lay in ruins. Pdf encyclopedia of african history vol 1 saviour gidi. George peake, the first black settler, arrived in 1809 and by 1860 there were 799 blacks living in a growing community of over 43,000. African americans and the american labor movement national. This short history has been compiled from the study of a number of works, including the encyclopedia britannica, the encyclopedia americana, everymans encyclopedia.
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