Warren's black history told to audience tonight

WARREN — The first black settler in Warren was a house servant who arrived in the city in 1803, five years after Warren was founded.

Anthony Carter became the first black landowner in the city in 1816, living in a small cabin on Main Street. He later became the first black landowner in Howland Township.

Warren was a key stop on the Underground Railroad, the name given to the pathways taken by slaves escaping from the South into and through Ohio in an effort to gain their freedom in the first half of the 19th century.

Wendell Lauth, a local historian, told listeners at tonight’s Black History Month presentation at the Warren Heritage Center on Mahoning Avenue.

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