Michiko QuinonesSep 86 min readFrancis Petts, Cannon Fire and the Complication of 115 Queen StreetAs part of the work we are doing on Bethel Burying Ground, we began to more closely look at the connections between who is buried at...
1838 Black MetropolisAug 285 min readFinding Harriet Jacobs’ Underground Railroad Safe House in PhiladelphiaIn the Spring of 1842, Harriet Jacobs arrived in Philadelphia. She was met at the docks by a Reverend Jeremiah Durham. Rev. Durham was a...
Michiko QuinonesAug 179 min readAnd They Were Neighbors; Black Women Phenomenal Movers and Shakers of 1871 Nazera Sadiq Wright's study of Black Girlhood in the 19th Century leads us to see the emphasis that 19th Black women writers placed on...