The Life of Henry Jones

In the Summer of 2024, our Pennsylvania Abolition Society Intern Becca Zajac went deep into the life of Henry Jones, a man who arrived in Philadelphia in 1838 as a Freedom Seeker and built a succesful catering business.
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Jones is the grandfather of Meta Vaux Warwick Fuller, a world renowned sculptor. See her works at the Danforth Art Museum online exhibit.​  

 

The success of this family could be said to have been anchored in the spatial stability of the 1838 Black Metropolis.