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  PRINCEVILLE, N.C. — The first town ever incorporated by Black men and women freed from slavery is right here in North Carolina. In the early s, African Americans in North Carolina coalesced around constructing a new community where the mission was black. Princeville is a town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It was established by freed slaves after the Civil War and incorporated in  


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  In the early s, African Americans in North Carolina coalesced around constructing a new community where the mission was black. The Town that Defied White Supremacy. The Princeville Museum and Welcome Center honors the oldest town incorporated by African-Americans. A.    

 

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    The Princeville Museum and Welcome Center honors the oldest town incorporated by African-Americans. A. Princeville, N.C., stakes a claim as the oldest town chartered by Black Americans. But it's just a hurricane away from disaster. Princeville, which stakes its claim as the first in the U.S. founded by Black Americans nearly years ago, has flooded many times.


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