Equal Rights: little remains of town settled by blacks - Carmi Times

5 February 2012, 4:38 am

Equal Rights: little remains of town settled by blacksCarmi TimesBy Carla K. Johnson All that remains of the thriving little community of Equal Rights are a few piles of rocks and a remodeled one-room schoolhouse. Its residents were free blacks, who farmed and burned lime. They left about 100 years ago.... Read More »

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