Shearer Town
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- Title
- Shearer Town
- Description
- A late 19th century-early 20th century African American community consisting of six small three-room houses along a narrow road. Named for former professor turned Davidson College president John Bunyan Shearer, who built and rented out the residences there.
- Relation
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Shearer, John Bunyan
- Source
- Johnson, Ralph W. David Played a Harp: An Autobiography. Davidson, NC: Blackwell Ink, 2000, 27.