Place · Mississippi, United States
Mound Bayou, Mississippi
All-Black town in the Mississippi Delta founded in 1887 by Isaiah Montgomery and Benjamin T. Green on 840 acres bought at $7 an acre.
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People
- co-founded by · 1887Benjamin T. Greenwith Isaiah T. MontgomeryBEJ profile
- co-founded by · 1887Isaiah T. Montgomerywith Benjamin T. GreenBEJ profile
- held property here · 1887Isaiah T. Montgomery840 acres of Delta wilderness at $7 an acreBEJ profile
- led byIsaiah T. Montgomerywrote the town's laws and governed their applicationBEJ profile
Institutions and enterprises
- based here · 1912Mound Bayou Cotton Oil Millopened November 1912 before about 16,000 peopleBEJ profile
- based here · 1914Bank of Mound Bayoufailed in fall 1914BEJ profile
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