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- The area where Whitesboro now lies was first settled by Robert Diamond. The key figure in the development of the territory was Ambrose B. White, arriving with his family in 1848.
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Sep 1, 2024 · Whitesboro, located in Middle Township (Cape May County) New Jersey was established in 1901 as a town exclusively for African Americans. The idea came in response to increasing white resistance (racism) towards African American residents living in Cape May City at the time.
1 day ago · Whitesboro is a town founded by Blacks at the turn of the twentieth century. At the time of its inception, Booker T. Washington, a celebrated institution builder, educator and favored adviser to President Theodore Roosevelt, provided a blueprint to a collective of financial backers from the Colored Equitable Industrial Association.
Whitesboro was founded about 1901 by the Equitable Industrial Association, which had prominent black American investors including Paul Laurence Dunbar, the educator Booker T. Washington and George Henry White, the leading investor and namesake.
Feb 22, 2022 · George H. White, a Black lawyer, businessman and former Congressman, is credited with being a main founder of Whitesboro, inspiring its name. Lawnside in Camden County, originally called Free...
Sep 29, 2019 · Whitesboro was established in 1902 as a community for African-Americans in response to being rejected in many other areas of Cape May County. The town was named after George H. White, a black Congressman from North Carolina whose company purchased 2,000 acres of land to help start the community.
Oct 1, 1995 · Ambrose B. White, Grayson County pioneer and founder of Whitesboro, was born in Ohio on October 24, 1811, and spent the early years of his life near Springfield, Ohio, and in the Illinois Territory.
Dec 1, 2011 · Whitesboro, New Jersey was established in 1902 as a town exclusively for African Americans. The idea came in response to increasing white resistance to black residents in Cape May County, New Jersey.
