Visionary woman’s emancipation experiment rooted in Germantown’s past
Germantown will host a symposium to mark the 200 years after the inception of Nashoba Plantation. (Abigail Warren/The Daily Memphian)
A symposium will explore how, before German immigrants created the Germantown community, Scottish immigrant Frances Wright started Nashoba Plantation as an emancipation project.
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Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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