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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVDZ_scribner-high-school_New-Albany-IN.html
In 1880, an 1822 school building on this site became Scribner High School for African-American students, under an 1869 Indiana law mandating public education for African-American children and allowing segregated schools. Modern facility completed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVDX_lucy-higgs-nichols_New-Albany-IN.html
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Lucy, born a slave April 10, 1838, was owned by the Higgs family that by 1850 lived near Bolivar, Tennessee. She gained her freedom in 1862 by escaping to the 23rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteers camped nearby. She worked as a nurse for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVDV_division-street-school_New-Albany-IN.html
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Because of the growing number of African-American school-age children, the New Albany School Board authorized a new elementary school for them June 1884. It opened here 1885. An 1869 Indiana law had mandated education of colored chil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKMB_a-gateway-to-freedom_New-Albany-IN.html
As early as 1821, enslaved blacks seeking freedom crossed the Ohio River from Louisville to New Albany. Antebellum and Civil War periods brought more fugitives. Many freedom-seekers were aided by other slaves, free blacks, and anti-slavery whites …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJA_new-albany-national-cemetery_New-Albany-IN.html
This National Cemetery is one of the original 7 established in 1862 by Congress. 5.46 acres were purchased from Dr. Charles Bowman Dec. 1862 for burial of Union and Confederate casualties. There are over 5,000 interments from 7 conflicts. Civil Wa…