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A look at some of Tallahassee's first Black landowners after the Civil War
Watson was one of the first Black landowners in Tallahassee after the Civil ... After the war, by 1868, almost 3,000 Black people owned land in Florida. But most of that land was swampy, low ...
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'Best day ever': Rare sleet and snow storm turns Tallahassee into winter playground
A winter storm for the ages brought a rare snow day to Tallahassee, shutting down the city and giving people a chance to ...
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Florida requires teaching Black history. Some don’t trust schools to do it justice
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statues of ...
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A look at some of Tallahassee's first Black landowners after the Civil War
In the back, behind several unmarked graves of enslaved people, lies Watson Who was he? Watson was one of the first Black landowners in Tallahassee after the Civil ... and his children were all born ...