Finding Stories of Early Black Banking, Freedom Suits and more in the 1847 Census
We take our name from the 1838 Census of the Black population of Philadelphia; the only known statistical snapshot of educational,...
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The 1838 Black Metropolis is rich with discoveries...buildings that reveal themselves as historic sites, people who have done incredible things, and places where it all happened.
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