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New Philadelphia, Lincoln Photographer, Lincoln: On Slavery
Air date: Thursday, March 26, 2009
Episode number: 801
Episode number: 801
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The 2009 season premiere of Prairie Fire tells the story of New Philadelphia, Ill., the first town founded by a free African American in U.S. history. We learn the history of the town from the archaeologists who are unearthing the site and meet some of the descendants of the town's founder, "Free" Frank McWorter. Then we join a photographer who has travelled across America documenting monuments dedicated to Abraham Lincoln. And, as part of the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial, we examine how the time Lincoln spent as a traveling lawyer in Illinois impacted his thoughts on slavery.
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