This new community became known as Quakertown, after the Quakers of the northeast who helped escaped slaves along the Underground Railroad. Several Quakertown families left Denton city altogether, and those who threatened to sue abandoned the idea as the community began being encroached on by the KKK. By 1923, all of the Quakertown residents had relocated while the college also received its accreditation and the city began constructing the new park. These can, however, not change the extent of damage the events of the past caused the black community. The black community again found themselves at the effect of white society; their years of freedom and toil seemed fruitless,” writes Michele Powers Glaze in dentonhistory.net.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 03, 2018 18:56 UTC