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Yamacraw apparently was (is?) a real community. According to a video on Youtube of an interview of Jamal Toure it was home to Robert Sengstacke Abbott who he says founded the Chicago Defender. He described a public housing development being built in May 1941 given the name Yamacraw and compares it to the slave quarters while the "big house" plantation style home is modeled elsewhere (photos are included) in the area. I apologize I am not good with Youtube libks but searching Yamacra there should turn it up. FloridaArmy ( talk) 15:20, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
"The Yamacraw were a native American tribe that lived in the area of what became Savannah, Georgia. Yamacraw was a neighborhood in Savannah. It was home to Robert Sengstacke Abbott's family. He went on to found the Chicago Defender newspaper." fromnthe Georgia Encyxlooedia source
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"Yamacraw Village is a public housing development in Savannah built in 1940 and occupied in 1941. In 2021 there were plans to demolish it after years of inspection issues. [1]" FloridaArmy ( talk) 01:40, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
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Yamacraw apparently was (is?) a real community. According to a video on Youtube of an interview of Jamal Toure it was home to Robert Sengstacke Abbott who he says founded the Chicago Defender. He described a public housing development being built in May 1941 given the name Yamacraw and compares it to the slave quarters while the "big house" plantation style home is modeled elsewhere (photos are included) in the area. I apologize I am not good with Youtube libks but searching Yamacra there should turn it up. FloridaArmy ( talk) 15:20, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
"The Yamacraw were a native American tribe that lived in the area of what became Savannah, Georgia. Yamacraw was a neighborhood in Savannah. It was home to Robert Sengstacke Abbott's family. He went on to found the Chicago Defender newspaper." fromnthe Georgia Encyxlooedia source
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"Yamacraw Village is a public housing development in Savannah built in 1940 and occupied in 1941. In 2021 there were plans to demolish it after years of inspection issues. [1]" FloridaArmy ( talk) 01:40, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
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