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Free Frank McWorter
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Free Frank McWorter
Free Frank McWorter
(1777–1854) was an
American
slave
who bought his own freedom and in 1836 founded the town of
New Philadelphia
in
Illinois
; he was the first
African American
to found a town in the United States. The
New Philadelphia Town Site
was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
in 2005 and designated a
National Historic Landmark
in 2009.
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