Episodes Around: 18350101 to 18391231

  1. 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,...