After Pennsylvania passed the Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery on March 1, 1780, Philadelphia’s Black population grew rapidly. By 1790 there were about 2,000 free Black residents in the city.

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Ten years ago this April, President Barack Obama announced that abolitionist Harriet Tubman would replace President Andrew Jackson on the face of the $20 bill. She would be the first woman on U.S.

Nostalgia is a pretty powerful force. In times of uncertainty people like to fall back on tried-and-true parts of their past when things seemed so-much-simpler and more defined. Music is an especially ...