Free Frank McWorter (Q491190)
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Free Frank McWorter
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Free Frank McWorter
Founded the town of New Philadelphia, Illinois, which was the earliest town legally founded by a free African American in the United States. His entrepreneurial activities ultimately enabled all his descendants to be purchased free from slavery