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In New Philadelphia, Black farmers worked next to white farmers; Black children were schooled with white children; Black families attended church with white families. Only the cemeteries remained separate.
By Carla Slavey
Commonwealth Journal Feb 6, 2021
Feb 6, 2021
I would like to reprint here, in its entirety, an article by Madelynn Coldiron which was published in the Friday, September 21, 1990 edition of the Commonwealth Journal:
 Miles in his shoes: Professor honoring enslaved ancestor with 2 ½-week trek
 Juliet E.K. Walker yesterday began a 400-mile journey in her great-great-grandfatherâs footsteps, hoping his story will encourage African Americans and others along the path of economic opportunity today.
The lost histories of pre-Civil War Black Americans provide modern-day parallels and inspiration, she said yesterday during the first 20-mile stretch of her âFreedom Walkâ from Somerset to Barry, Illinois.