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Visionary woman’s emancipation experiment rooted in Germantown’s past

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 18, 2025 6:50 PM CT | Published: August 18, 2025 4:00 AM CT

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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Germantown Frances Wright Andy Pouncey Germantown Historical Preservation Association Subscriber Only

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Abigail Warren

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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