The Coe Ridge Colony was founded by Ezekiel (who went by Zeke on occasion) and Patsy Ann Coe in 1866.[1] After the January 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which ended slavery in secessionist Confederate states, and the December 1865 ratification of the 13th Amendment,[2][3] many ex-slaves struggled to find ways to support themselves and their families. Some resorted to share-cropping with their previous masters, others migrated and tried to find their own settlements, and yet others purchased land from the plantation they had previously worked as slaves. The Coe Ridge Colony was a refuge for African Americans, Native Americans, and disenfranchised white women against the persecutions of society.[4] The colony was in particular a place of refuge for freed slaves, who needed a place to escape their oppressors and attempt to build a life for themselves.[5] Coe Ridge Colony was widely renowned in neighboring areas as a mixing pot of "misfits" and "outcasts".[6] However, this reputation didn't prevent the residents of Coe Ridge Colony from building a thriving community. Coe Ridge Colony was isolated in the Southern Mountains of Kentucky with the Cumberland River as the main mode of transportation for nearly a century. Coe Ridge Colony was isolated not only physically, but socially and culturally as well. Coe Ridge Colony had its own distinct culture, due to its unique racial diversity found nearly nowhere else during this time. By the 1930s however, the physical and cultural isolation would be nearly non-existent as neighboring communities increased their interaction with the colony. Because of Coe Ridge Colony's isolation and self-managed society, there are no newspapers or court records to assist with outlining the daily lives of the residents of Coe Ridge. Additionally, the residents were nearly all illiterate, making diaries/journals a non-existent source of information. The history of Coe Ridge Colony was preserved primarily by the spoken word, with aid coming from the neighboring communities who interacted with Coe Ridge Colony.[7]
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^Montell, Lynwood (June 1972). "The Coe Ridge Colony: A Racial Island Disappears". American Anthropologist. 74 (3): 710–719. doi:10.1525/aa.1972.74.3.02a00350. ISSN 0002-7294.
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^Orman, Richard A. Van; Montell, William Lynwood (December 1970). "The Saga of Coe Ridge: A Study in Oral History". The Journal of American History. 57 (3): 725. doi:10.2307/1918025. JSTOR 1918025.
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