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Saturday October 18, 2014 11am & 12 noon – Independence Seaport Museum 211 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard Stories from the Underground Railroad: A Family Program Free with Museum Admission The inspiring story of brave people compelled to act in the face of injustice, risking their livelihoods, their families, and their lives in the cause of …
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Tuesday October 21, 2014 7:00pm – Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Avenue Robert Purvis & the Philadelphia Vigilant Committee In 1832, at the age of the twenty-two, Robert Purvis wrote a petition with William Whipper opposing Congressional funding of the emigration of free slaves to Africa. In 1833 Purvis helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society …
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Thursday October 23, 2014 5:30pm – New Century Trust, 1307 Locust St Women In Revolt: Stepping into the World and The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society Women demanded their place in the struggle for freedom, starting their own organization when denied membership in the all-male Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society. Interracial and activist from the beginning, the PFASS …
Saturday October 25, 2014 7:00pm – District 1199C Philadelphia Headquarters, 1319 Locust St Revolution & Reaction (Philadelphia and America) Lombard Street Riot Pennsylvania Hall Pennsylvania Hall Burning Pennsylvania State House Columbia Avenue 1964 This last discussion is on the big picture, …
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Saturday October 11, 2014 – Tour the Germantown Underground Railroad Sites This is part of Moonstone Arts Centers Hidden History presentation on the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia – October 2014 The Historic Germantown Passport entitles an individual to one visit to all 16 Historic Germantown attractions, excluding special events and programs where additional admission fees …
Chinese Yankee A True Story from the U.S. Civil War by Ruthanne Lum McCunn Thursday October 30, 2014 7 pm – Brandywine Workshop, 728 S Broad Street The true story of Hong Kong born Thomas Sylvanus (Ah Yee Way), an orphan brought to America for schooling in the mid-1850s, but enslaved in Baltimore. …
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MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 6:30pm – Study Group Water Cures, Drugs Kill: A Study Group “Water Cures, Drugs Kill” A Study Group Jan. 18th, 2010 (Please; Repeat every Monday!) The aim of this group is to study, apply and spread the good news about the biggest medical breakthrough you never heard of! Dr. F. Batmanghelidj, an …
SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 11am – Political Discussion The Nation magazine Discussion Group SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2pm-4pm – Reading Philadelphia Stories Winter Issue Release Open House/Reading