Cincinnati Black Brigade
Black Walnut Hills resident Peter Clark wrote the earliest history of Cincinnati’s Black Brigade formed during the Civil War in late 1862. This service came Continue Reading
Tag: Black History
Cincinnati Colored Public Schools
The city of Cincinnati, following Ohio law, set aside the education taxes on African American held properties for “Colored Public Schools” beginning in the 1850’s. Continue Reading
Robert Gordon, businessman
Robert Gordon, a Black man who lived in Cincinnati from about 1847 through his death in 1884, makes occasional appearances in obscure historical accounts of Continue Reading
Early Black Churches
African American families began moving to Walnut Hills in the 1850’s. Dangerfield Earley, reported as the sixth Black resident, organized the First Church of Walnut Continue Reading
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad Museum in Cincinnati properly recognizes the key role of the city in helping to conduct enslaved persons to freedom. Ohio law from Continue Reading
Riots of 1841
Walnut Hills served as a place of refuge from the dust and stench of the city The suburb overlooked Deer Creek (now just a series Continue Reading
James Bradley
FJames Bradley arrived in Walnut Hills in 1834 as a former slave who bought his own freedom. In the peculiar institution of slavery, African Americans Continue Reading