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ZachariahDaMan

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This was my first visit to Flint and I was expecting downtown to be much larger. I also wasn't expecting so many vacant buildings but it's good to see that some buildings are being renovated and that they have the facade program.

Genesee County Court House

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Below is what the 3 historical markers infront of the court house read

"GENESEE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Genesee County was organized on March 8, 1836. The previous year the territorial legislature had stipulated that the county seat would be located on the west side of the Saginaw Turnpike "on lands recently deeded by John Todd and his wife" to Walt Beach. Beach would in turn donated two acres of land to the county for "a courthouse and public square, one acre of ground for a burial ground, two churches and two school lots of common size." The first courthouse and jail was constructed on this site in 1839. In 1866 an inmate in the jail burned the structure. The second courthouse, completed in 1867, was replaced by a more spacious building in 1904. That courthouse also burned. On August 31, 1926, the present Neoclassical-style structure, designed by Fredrick D. Madison, was dedicated."

"RESISTING SLAVERY

During the mid-nineteenth century a small number of African Americans settled in Genesee County where they found cheap land and employment as barbers, laborers, farmers, carpenters, and domestics. At this time differing opinions in Genesee County about the issue of slavery reflected growing tension nationally. The Genesee Weekly Democrat ran articles unsympathetic to Blacks, but also printed editorials opposing slavery. The Genesee Whig promoted abolition. In 1841 residents formed the Genesee County Anti-Slavery Society and held meetings at the courthouse, which became a venue for national figures who lectured about the evils of slavery. Author,

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