Idaho State University African Americans in 1790s Philadelphia: Land of the Free and the Home of the Slave Paul Sivitz, PhD Department of History Idaho State University
African Americans By District 1789-1791 Percent Free (of total population) Percent Slave (of total population) Districts (from left to right): Southwark, Southern, Middle, Northern, Northern Liberties
Percent Free (of total population) 6
Percent Slave (of total population)
African Americans By District 1789-1791 Percent Free (of total population) Percent Slave (of total population) Districts (from left to right): Southwark, Southern, Middle, Northern, Northern Liberties
9
Slave Auction at the London Coffee House
Residential Patterns by Class Laborers Merchants
Maritime Trades
Black Neighborhoods Free black households containing 6 to 15 people
“Hell Town”
Elfreth’s Alley Elfreth’s Alley Today
Hell Town or Ground Zero for the 1793 Yellow Fever Epidemic Brothel, sorry, Boarding House of Richard and Mary Denny
Dock Creek Hell Town Yellow Fever Deaths