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07/31/2004:

"A fight over a frontier town"

The descendant of a free slave says researchers have distorted history

ST. LOUIS - A black history scholar has accused an archaeological team of distorting racial history in its study of a once-promising Illinois frontier town.

Walker, a great-great granddaughter of McWorter, said the archaeology team distorted that history — exaggerating the significance of New Philadelphia's "racial harmony" — in an effort to get federal funding for the dig.

Full Article : chron.com





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