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  • Book tells story of integrated Illinois town founded by former slave

    Oct 17, 2018 10:45 am by Jodi HeckelCampus Life
    A family reunion of the McWorter family at New Philadelphia in the 1910s

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    • A family reunion of the McWorter family at New Philadelphia in the 1910s

    'New Philadelphia' tells how Frank McWorter bought his freedom and that of his family, and founded the western Illinois town, which became a station on the Underground Railroad