A tombstone in a mixed raced community cemetery
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Title
A tombstone in a mixed raced community cemetery
Subject
African American Cemetery, New Philadelphia, Illinois
Description
Photograph by the Illinois State Museum of the McWorter or Old Cemetery, where the remains of African American residents of Philadelphia, Illinois were buried. Philadelphia was a village in southwestern Illinois founded in 1836 by Frank McWorter, a former slave who sold land lots to black, white, and mixed-race settlers, using the proceeds to buy the freedom of sixteen relatives. New Philadelphia, as it became known, is claimed to have been an underground railroad station. It flourished until the late nineteenth century.
Creator
Illinois State Museum
Date
2005
Rights
courtesy Illinois State Museum
Format
jpeg photograph
Type
image
Identifier
WIUGRR #12
Coverage
Illinois, United States
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
photo
Files
Citation
Illinois State Museum, “A tombstone in a mixed raced community cemetery,” Traces of Western Illinois' Underground Railroad, accessed October 7, 2026, https://timroberts.org/wiugrr/items/show/12.