The following teaser is from an April 22, 2015 post at flyergroup.com:
The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) has made available online the results of its research on early black settlements in Indiana. This effort is part of the Early African American Settlement Heritage Initiative.
During the summer of 2014, the Indiana Historical Society embarked upon a journey to identify African-American rural settlements that existed in Indiana by 1870. As a possible foundational step for statewide research, IHS worked with several individuals, organizations and communities to develop and implement the Early African American Settlement Heritage Initiative—an effort to identify agrarian communities that had dotted the Hoosier landscape.
The new online resource, available at www.indianahistory.org/EBS, identifies 61 early black settlements in 43 counties, and research for all 92 counties is also accessible.
