Time Team America  New Philadelphia, Illinois

Time Team searches for a school in the first town founded by free African Americans. Details

 
 

Program: Time Team America

Episode: New Philadelphia, Illinois

Beneath farmlands in Western Illinois lie the remains of New Philadelphia, the first American town founded by a free African American prior to the Civil War. Time Team America was invited to help search for the schoolhouse where New Philadelphia's African American children learned to read and write in freedom.

• Visit the New Philadelphia, Illinois webpage

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Duration: (54:14)
Premiere Date: 07/22/2009
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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