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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania in the 1830s: 1 through 8 of 8

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  1. Alabama against the American System
    date December 21, 1831map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Economy

    The early nineteenth century was full of civil unrest between the states. Many of the southern states saw this time as a period of northern aggression and disregard for southern interests. "Alabama," an article published in The Banner of the Constitution provides an example of southern government officials becoming fed up with the northern led tariffs and political parties, particularly the American...

  2. Carey Advocates Liberia as the Solution
    date 1832map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Slavery, American Colonization Society

    Nat Turner's methodical slaying of white civilians in Southampton County, Virginia during August of 1831 caused anxiety and concern for whites throughout the country. Although he was captured within months, his rebellion had unintended consequences. It added fuel to an already growing fire – the movement to send free blacks to Liberia. Arguing on behalf of the American Colonization...

  3. William Wilberforce's Acts of Abolition
    date January, 1833 to December, 1833map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Abolition, Slavery

    William Wilberforce was only one among many men who south to abolish the transatlantic slave trade throughout his lifetime. He was a British politician who began his political career by becoming an independent member of Parliament for Yorkshire, where he learned how to debate and express ideas. During his time there, he also became an evangelistic Christian. He grew eager to spread...

  4. An English Woman Writes About American Racism
    date 1834map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Abolition, Slavery, Racism

    Tension over slavery and race was high in the United States when Harriett Martineau, a famous English writer, came to visit in 1834.  Martineau later wrote about her two year trip to America in a book called “Retrospect of Western Travels”, Volumes 1 and 2, which was published in 1938.  In a chapter titled “First Sight of Slavery", Martineau wrote about an incident with an American woman in...

  5. Growth or Recession? The Liberties Associated with African Americans in Antebellum Philadelphia
    date 1835 to 1839map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags African-Americans, Economy, Education, Slavery

    Benjamin C. Bacon, a writer for "The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery" published a statistical pamphlet in 1859 reflecting African American advancements in the nation's first capital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He acquired the statistics by examining the number of blacks associated with particular institutions. Bacon hoped to illustrate his belief that African Americans,...

  6. Jonathan R. Davis Journey to Milledgeville, Georgia
    date 1838map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Arts/Leisure, Migration/Transportation

    Before leaving for Milledgeville, Georgia, Jonathan R. Davis of Gadsden, South Carolina had to do some calculations. While planning for his trip he took out his 1838 edition of Mitchell's Traveller's Guide through the United States. The brown three by five inch book contained the mileage for all common stagecoach routes in the country as well as information on the few established railroads and canals....

  7. The Significance of Rhetoric in Antebellum America
    date 1839map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Rhetoric, Writing, African American Women, African American

    The Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women, held in Philadelphia May 1st through 3rd , 1839. This gathering was formed in such that African American women could come together and raise their voice for a cause that constantly rejected them. While slavery was still breaking the backs of black men and women in the South, Free Blacks in the North felt a duty and responsibility to promote and bring about...

  8. Godeys Ladys Book, More than Fashion
    date January, 1830 to January, 1898map PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvaniatags Arts/Leisure, Economy, Urban-Life/Boosterism, Women

    Louis A. Godey's enormously successful Godey's Lady's Book set the standard for the American magazine and monthlie publishers throughout the mid 19th century. His ingenious marketing techniques as noted by historian John Tebbel set the standard for magazines by 1850. The market appeal of Godey's Lady's Book contributed to the rising realization that women were a marketable audience and Louis Godey's...