Former slaves bought this Texas swampland in 1865 and created Houston’s Fourth Ward from scratch

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The 1865 Freedmen’s Town Settlement at Buffalo Bayou

Freedmen’s Town began in 1865 after slaves in Texas learned they were free.

About 1,000 freed people moved to Houston and built homes along Buffalo Bayou in the Fourth Ward…

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