User:Marvin1952/Winton triangle

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Button_strike.png Dating back to the 1740’s, North Carolina’s Winton Triangle is one of the oldest communities of land-owning people of color in America. The Winton Triangle, coined by native and researcher Marvin T. Jones, stretched across the triangle formed by towns of Winton, Cofield and Union. In the late 19th century the Triangle expanded toward the newly incorporated town of Ahoskie. Related communities are in Gates, Bertie and Northampton Counties as well as those in southeastern Virginia.

The name Winton Triangle was coined by Marvin T. Jones, a Triangle native and researcher. References: Chowan Discovery Group website, roanoke-chowan.com, Earl Ijames piece, N&O article, Cofield, Ahoskie, Winton, Chowanoke, Meherrin. K. Paul Johnson Blog.