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From the 1840s to the Civil War, Muscatine had Iowa's largest black community, consisting of fugitive slaves from the South and free blacks who had migrated from the eastern states.
One of the most prominent community leaders was Alexander Clark Sr., a Pennsylvania native, barber and eventually a wealthy timber salesman and real estate speculator.
He was among the founders of the local AME Church, assisted fugitive slaves, and petitioned the state government to overturn racist laws before the war.
In 1863, Clark helped organize Iowa's black regiment, the 60th United States Colored Infantry ( originally known as the 1st Iowa Infantry, African Descent ), though an injury prevented him from serving.

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