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America Newton
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America Newton (born Dyer Newton; c. 1835 – 1917) was an African-American pioneer who helped to found the former mining town of Julian, California, in the Cuyamaca Mountains east of San Diego, California, U.S.. She was among the earliest female African-American settlers in the area.
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