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Names: Cox, Anna-Lisa, author.
Title: The bone and sinew of the land: Americas forgotten black pioneers and the struggle for equality / Anna-Lisa Cox.
Description: First edition. | New York: PublicAffairs, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017056938| ISBN 9781610398107 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781610398114 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: African AmericansNorthwest, OldHistory. | African AmericansIndianaHistory19th century. | African AmericansOhioHistory19th century. | Frontier and pioneer lifeNorthwest, Old. | Frontier and pioneer lifeIndiana. | Frontier and pioneer lifeOhio. | African AmericansSocial conditionsNorthwest, Old. | Northwest, OldHistory1775-1865. | Northwest, OldRace relations.
[No asterisk] = Settlement with at least one African American farmer owning less than two hundred acres or with property valued at less than $2,000
* = Settlement with at least one African American farmer owning two hundred acres or more or worth $2,000 or more
** = Settlement with at least one African American farmer owning four hundred acres or more or worth $4,000 or more
*** = Settlement with at least one African American farmer owning 1,000 acres or more or with property worth $10,000 or more
Ohio
1 Painesville, Lake County
2 Bloomfield, Trumbull County
3 Mesopotamia, Trumbull County
4 Farmington, Trumbull County
5 Youngstown, Mahoning County
6 Austintown, Mahoning County
7 Goshen, Mahoning County
8 Smith, Mahoning County*
9 Knox, Columbiana County
10 Lexington, Stark County
11 Atwater, Portage County
12 Charlestown, Portage County
13 Ravenna, Portage County
14 Stow, Summit County
15 Bainbridge, Geauga County*
16 Independence, Cuyahoga County*
17 Middleburgh, Cuyahoga County
18 Grafton, Lorain County
19 Russia, Lorain County
20 Brownhelm, Lorain County**
21 Fitchville, Huron County
22 Sharon, Richland County
23 Greenfield, Huron County**
24 Perkins, Erie County
25 Sandusky, Sandusky County
26 Tiffin, Seneca County
27 Seneca, Seneca County*
28 Big Spring, Seneca County
29 Crawford, Wyandot County
30 Delaware, Hancock County
31 Perry, Allen County*
32 Bath, Allen County
33 Washington, Paulding County
34 Willshire, Van Wert County
35 Centre, Mercer County
36 Jefferson/Macon, Mercer County*
37 Butler, Mercer County
38 Granville, Mercer County
39 Carthagena, Mercer County
40 St. Marys, Auglaize County
41 Moulton, Auglaize County
42 Washington, Auglaize County
43 Van Buren, Shelby County*
44 Lake, Logan County
45 Jefferson, Logan County*
46 Perry, Logan County***
47 Monroe, Logan County
48 Thompson, Delaware County
49 Concord, Delaware County**
50 Perry, Franklin County**
51 Radnor, Delaware County
52 Peru, Morrow County
53 Harmony, Morrow County*
54 Washington, Morrow County*
55 Morris, Knox County
56 South Bloomfield, Morrow County
57 Hilliar, Knox County
58 Mount Vernon, Knox County
59 Virginia, Coshocton County
60 Cadiz, Harrison County
61 Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County*
62 Meigs, Muskingum County**
63 Roxbury, Washington County
64 Wayne, Pickaway County
65 Urbana, Champaign County
66 Spring Creek, Miami County
67 Washington, Miami County
68 German, Darke County***
69 Concord, Miami County
70 Union, Miami County
71 Xenia, Greene County
72 Sugar Creek, Greene County*
73 Wayne, Warren County*
74 Union, Warren County**
75 Caesars Creek, Greene County
76 Perry, Fayette County
77 Greenfield, Highland County
78 Fairfield, Highland County***
79 Hansbrough Settlement, Liberty, Highland County
80 Paint, Highland County
81 Concord, Highland County
82 Eagle, Brown County
83 Pebble, Pike County*
84 Chillicothe, Ross County
85 Jackson, Pike County**
86 Seal, Pike County
87 Liberty, Jackson County
88 Jackson, Jackson County
89 Franklin, Jackson County
90 Lick, Jackson County
91 Berlin Crossroads, Milton, Jackson County**
92 Huntington, Gallia County
93 Raccoon, Gallia County
94 Poke Patch, Lawrence/Gallia Counties
95 Decatur, Lawrence County
Indiana
96 Huggart Settlement, Union, St. Joseph County
97 Smith, Whitely County**
98 Blue Creek, Adams County
99 Mill, Grant County
100 Union, Grant County Union
101 Weaver Settlement, Liberty, Grant County
102 Greene, Grant County
103 Clay, Howard County*
104 Ervin, Howard County*
105 District 9, Carroll County
106 Honey Creek, Clinton County
107 Roberts Settlement, Jackson, Hamilton County***
108 Adams, Hamilton County