1838 Black Metropolis — People & Papers Network

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1838 BLACK METROPOLIS · People & Papers Network

Winch Names Reference + historic Black newspapers (Freedoms Journal, Philadelphia Tribune, Colored American, Pennsylvania Freeman, The North Star) + 1838, 1847 PAS Census + 1820 Directory + Edmonia Lewis Dissertation by Dr. Benbow-Flowers + William Still's Underground Railroad + Institute for Colored Youth students (Fanny Jackson Coppin) + 1838 Black Metropolis mob-attack StoryMaps + the 1838 Black Metropolis blog archive + the 1838 Mob Attack Statistics — click a name to see every reference · build 2026-08-14 23:52

All 1838 census 1847 census Still's UGRR Mob Attack Stats 1820 directory

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