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Entries written by: Judith Guest

Guest is Executive Director of the Latta House Foundation in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Latta University Encyclopedia

Founded by Reverend Morgan London Latta in 1892, Latta University was a school and orphanage for former slaves’ children.

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Oberlin Cemetery Encyclopedia

Located on Oberlin Road and nestled in between office buildings and condominiums, the 142-year-old cemetery is the burial ground for generations of Oberlin Village’s earliest residents.

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Oberlin Village Encyclopedia

After the Civil War, parcels of southern land were subdivided and sold to former slaves.  Historic Oberlin Village was comprised of such parcels and became one of Raleigh’s first freedmen communities.

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