For this episode we're sharing our conversation with Lareatha Clay, a direct descendent from the Shankleville Freedom Colony located in Newton County, one of more than 500 freedmen’s towns in Texas founded by formerly enslaved people who were emancipated after the Civil War. This conversation appeared on the most recent episode of the Bayoulands radio show.

News and information from the Shankleville HistoricalSociety is available on their website at shankleville.org and on Facebook. For more information about Freedom Colonies in Texas visit thetexasfreedomcoloniesproject.com.

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