Stephen Hill
Specializes in America’s all Black towns
Stephen Hill is an independent researcher. As a fellow of the Phlaxis Society, an international research group, he has been published in the society’s official journal and other national publications. His area of study is America’s all black towns. His current concentration is Allen Allensworth, the chaplain of the 24th Infantry Regiment from 1886 to 1906, and the town of Allensworth, California that he co-founded in 1908.
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Allen Allensworth (1842-1914)
Born into slavery in Kentucky in 1842, Allen Allensworth gained his freedom in the Civil War when the Forty-fourth Illinois...
Dearfield, Colorado
On May 5, 1910 after four years of searching for a location that would accommodate two hundred families, Oliver Toussaint...
Oliver Toussaint Jackson (1862–1948)
Oliver Toussaint Jackson was an example of 19th Century western African American entrepreneurship. Jackson created a restaurant, a farm and...
Allensworth, California
In 1908 four black men formed the California Colony and Home Promoting Association. The Association purchased 20 acres along the...
