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It was a settlement of black people from Colonial America, who served the British during the American Revolutionary War in exchange for their freedom. Birchtown was the largest community of free black people in British North America during the late 18th century. [1] [16] Africville – Halifax. [1] Black people settled in Africville beginning ...
Located immediately northwest of downtown Akron, the Cascade Locks Historic District is a ravine that opens up to a flat plane where the Ohio and Erie Canal empties into the Little Cuyahoga River. This area of the canal included the steepest grade of the entire 304 miles between Lake Erie to the Ohio River. The district was the site of many ...
Summit Metro Parks is a Metroparks system serving the citizens of Summit County, Ohio by managing 14,000 acres (5,700 ha) in 16 developed parks, six conservation areas and more than 150 miles (240 km) of trails, with 22.4 miles (36.0 km) of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail.
The city of Akron is the location of 63 of these properties and districts, including 2 of the National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the 124 sites and 1 National Historic Landmark located elsewhere in Summit County are listed separately. One district, the Valley Railway Historic District, is split between Akron and other parts ...
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Hundreds gathered in an Ohio city on Wednesday to unveil a plaza and statue dedicated to abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the very spot where the women’s rights pioneer gave ...
Akron Beacon Journal February 27, 2024 at 6:07 PM Authorities gather Tuesday at a taped-off area along Middlebury Road near its intersection with the Summit Metro Parks Freedom Trail.
Freedom Trail Foundation; The Black Heritage Trail Archived July 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine; Boston National Historic Park; The Boston Harbor Walk; The Freedom Trail – Boy Scouts of America pamphlet; 1798 Map of Boston; Clough's 1798 Atlas of Boston (circa 1900) 1640 Map of Boston; History of the Freedom Trail; PDF Map of the Freedom Trail
Carl Cannon of Applesauce performs during the 2021 PorchRokr festival, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, in Akron, Ohio.