History Conversations Rewind | I Have Started for Canaan: Telling the Sugarland Story

At its height, the African American town of Sugarland in the northwest corner of Montgomery County was home to a church, a school, a store, a post office, and a practice hall for the town band. In this session, the team behind a new book that traces the history of the town from emancipation to the present will discuss the 150 years of documents, photos, artifacts, and interviews that provide a candid and enlightening look at rural African American life. The panel also will describe ongoing preservation efforts and speculate about some of the intriguing historical questions that remain to be explored.

Originally aired in January 2022.