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Covering the history of African Americans in central Pennsylvania from the colonial era through the Civil War.

The Year of Jubilee, Volume One: Men of God, Volume Two: Men of Muscle

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The Afrolumens Project book, The Year of Jubilee (2 volumes), is back in print and available on Amazon. Updated with new covers, the volumes are at the links below.

Book cover for The Year of Jubilee, Men of God, shows an African American familly of freedom seekers circa 1820, crouched in a barn. Book cover for The Year of Jubilee, Men of Muscle, shows two African American men, circa 1850, walking along a dirt road.

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