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Smithridge originated with two formerly enslaved men, Robert and Edward Smith, and their white enslaver father, Benjamin Franklin Smith, who worked as…
In 1881, Robert named the community Smithridge. In 1883, a former Freedmen’s Bureau school relocated to Smithridge on land donated by Robert. Edward…
After World War II, many residents lost ownership of their land due to exploitive lending by banks and private sources. The community suffered from…