Farms: Southern Seed, Northern Soil - The History and Legacy of Roberts Settlement.

http://www.robertssettlement.org/ About Roberts Settlement: Thirty miles north of Indianapolis, IN in western Jackson Township, Hamilton County, Indiana, stand the remains of an African-American pioneer farm settlement. It was founded in 1835 by free blacks of mixed racial heritage who migrated mostly from North Carolina and Virginia to escape deteriorating racial conditions in the South. The majority of pioneers had the Roberts surname, but other families such as the Waldens, Sweats, Windburns, Rices and Gilliams also made this migration over a period of 20 to 30 years in the mid-1800s. Their goals were the pursuit of economic, educational and religious aspirations with greater freedom and fewer racial barriers. These goals were achieved through considerable hard work and the assistance of friendly and racially tolerant white neighbors of the Quaker and Wesleyan faiths living in the surrounding area. African American Pioneers African American Settlements Indiana African American Settlements Free Blacks Free African Americans Roberts Walden Waldren Waldon Waldronn Waldin Rice Gilliam Gillum Gillium Newsom Newsome Newsum Winburn Winbunn Winbern Bass Quaker Wesleyan Wesleyan Methodism Cultural Island Clover Lane Media Steve Vincent Stephen Vincent Southern Seed Northern Soil Sweat Sweatt Black History African American History American History Indiana History Hamilton County Indiana History Midwestern Farm Settlements African American Farm Settlements Hamilton County Indiana Farm Settlements Black Farm Settlements Roberts Settlement Beech Settlement National Register of Historic Places Southern Seed, Northern Soil Indiana Farming Communities Carl Roberts Cyrus Roberts Dolphin Roberts Milton Roberts Stephen Vincent Steve Vincent