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The town site of New Philadelphia, Illinois, was added to the National
Register of Historic Places as a nationally significant archaeological
resource on August 11, 2005. New Philadelphia was founded by Frank
McWorter, a free African American, in 1836, and grew as a multi-racial
community through the late nineteenth century.
For additional information, see --
"Free Frank's Town Makes National Register of Historic Places,"
By Deborah Gertz Husar, The Quincy Herald-Whig
http://www.whig.com/283992133553326.php
"Integrating the Frontier: A Town Founded by a Former Slave Resurfaces in
Illinois,"
By Jennifer Pinkowski, Archaeology Magazine
http://www.archaeology.org/0509/abstracts/illinois.html
Illinois Town Gets Its Spot in History: Ex-slave Founded New Philadelphia,”
By Kelly Kennedy, Chicago Tribune
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-
0508160141aug16,1,2721393.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed
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