State to honor 1800s black settlement in Hamilton County
Posted June 06, 2016 7:00 am
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The state of Indiana will unveiling a historical marker to commemorate a Hamilton County settlement founded by free black people who fled the South.
Roberts Settlement was founded in the 1830s in what is now the town of Atlanta. The agricultural community drew about 200 people by 1870.
The Indiana Historical Bureau says founders Hansel and Elijah Roberts were part of a migration of free blacks who were leaving behind the increasingly hostile pre-Civil War South.
The historical marker will be dedicated during a 1 p.m. ceremony on July 2. The marker will be located at 3102 East 276th Street in Atlanta.
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