Tenth Street Freedman's Town (original) (raw)

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The Tenth Street Freedman's Town is a historic African American community in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas. A freedmen's town is a community settled by former slaves who were emancipated during and after the American Civil War. The freedmen's town that became known as Tenth Street began near the confluence of Cedar Creek and Cedar Creek Branch, at the foot of an African American burial ground dating back to 1846. The name "Tenth Street" became associated with the community in 1887, when John Scarborough Armstrong and Thomas Lafayette Marsalis platted the town of Oak Cliff. (en)

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94000604

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https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/Pages/tenth_street.aspx

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1994-06-17 (xsd:date)

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Porches define the character of historic Tenth Street. (en)

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African American carpenters including Noah Penn, Richard J. Moore, and John Siler, among many others. (en)

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Approximately (en)

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1888 (xsd:integer)

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Porches define the character of historic Tenth Street. (en)

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Dallas Landmark (en)

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1993 (xsd:integer)

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EMEHP (en)

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#CDE5B2 (en)

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2019-05-30 (xsd:date)

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America's Most Endangered Places (en)

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11 (xsd:integer)

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Western edge of William S. Beatty Survey, Northeast corner William H. Hord Survey, Southeast corner Elizabeth Robertson Survey, Dallas, Texas (en)

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Tenth Street Historic District (en)

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Tenth Street Historic District (en)

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The Tenth Street Freedman's Town is a historic African American community in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas, Texas. A freedmen's town is a community settled by former slaves who were emancipated during and after the American Civil War. The freedmen's town that became known as Tenth Street began near the confluence of Cedar Creek and Cedar Creek Branch, at the foot of an African American burial ground dating back to 1846. The name "Tenth Street" became associated with the community in 1887, when John Scarborough Armstrong and Thomas Lafayette Marsalis platted the town of Oak Cliff. (en)

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