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Black plaque № 41909

Dallas, TX, United States

Tenth Street Historic District Freedmen's Town The first African Americans to live in Oak Cliff were slaves, brought here by settlers such as William H. Hord in 1845 to work the land. The neighborhood that grew here became known as the Tenth Street District. An important African American enclave wit

hin the historically white community of Oak Cliff. It was not until after the Civil War that the Freedmen's Town began to grow and thrive. Records differ as to when and how quickly African Americans s

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