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I'm not sure if this is true, but someone told me the following.... In the south, as we were moving further away from slavery and plantation style homes, black families were still being utilized by wealthy (white) home owners. Plantations provided sprawling acreage, adequate for building slave quarters. In the city, this wasn't an option. Instead, smaller homes along the perimeter of wealthy (and typically white) neighborhoods were built to accommodate black families working in the homes of white city folks.
When you look at city maps from this period, you'll see that the overall neighborhood structure has not changed. It does seem strange from our current perspective, but makes complete sense when viewing the city from those times. Hope this helped.
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