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Op-Ed: Let’s LeCount Taney Out
City Life

Op-Ed: Let’s LeCount Taney Out

Neighborhood advocates make the case for changing a street name honoring a white supremacist to one celebrating a local African American abolitionist

Father of the Underground Railroad Comes Into Focus With New Biography
History

Father of the Underground Railroad Comes Into Focus With New Biography

First major book on William Still examines the life and legacy of the African-American abolitionist. Amy Cohen has this review

The Forgotten Fame of Anna Dickinson
History

The Forgotten Fame of Anna Dickinson

For Women’s History Month Amy Cohen introduces us to one of the most famous women in American history that you’ve likely never heard of before

Bigotry in the Quaker City and the Burning of Pennsylvania Hall
History

Bigotry in the Quaker City and the Burning of Pennsylvania Hall

Amy Cohen recounts the abolitionists who built Philadelphia’s “Temple of Free Discussion” and the ignorance that burned it down

Hope and Despair Surround Philly’s African American Landmarks
Preservation

Hope and Despair Surround Philly’s African American Landmarks

The majority of Philadelphia’s Black historic sites remain at risk despite grassroots preservation efforts and historic designations. Kimberly Haas has the details

Historic Estate And Underground Railroad Station Under Threat In Plymouth Meeting
Preservation

Historic Estate And Underground Railroad Station Under Threat In Plymouth Meeting

At Butler and Germantown Pikes, plans for a dense suburban subdivision threaten to dissolve the Corson Estate, a 10 acre parcel rich in abolitionist history and an important stop on the Underground Railroad. Michael Bixler reports

The Possible City, 1838
History

The Possible City, 1838

At the Painted Bride starting tomorrow a PIFA production that explores the urgent lives of white and African-American women who formed the Female Anti-Slavery Society and whose work exploded in the night of May 17, 1838, when Pennsylvania Hall at Sixth and Arch was burned by a violent mob

History

Abolitionist’s Dreamland

Finding the real history of Robert Purvis


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