Allensworth, the Freedom Colony

In 1908. Colonel Allen Allensworth founded a small town in the dry alkaline soil of California's Central Valley. A high-ranking U.S. Army officer and chaplain who had escaped from slavery, he envisioned a utopian community where African Americans could thrive. The town flourished between 1908 and 1918, when some three hundred families relocated there to establish a self-sufficient farming community with its own school, church, businesses, and municipal government. Its existence became and is to this day a symbol and an inspiration to African Americans around the country. In 1976, Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park was created to restore the buildings and preserve the history of this exceptional community. Book jacket.

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xii
How This Book Was Made	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
My Acrostic Thoughts on Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park	p. 10
First Families	p. 13
Putting the Vision into Practice: The Thriving Years	p. 35
Community Life: "We Never Felt Deprived"	p. 61
The Hard Times Set In	p. 79
The Lean Years	p. 91
Creating the Park	p. 98
From Zero to Sixty: The Building Boom	p. 113
Allensworth's Second Century-Mothers, Let Your Children Go	p. 122
Epilogue: The Last Word	p. 135
Allensworth Pioneers	p. 137
Advisory Committee Members	p. 139
Acknowledgments	p. 140
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