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Baldwin Locomotive Works and Philadelphia Glee Association [34] established. 1833 August: third annual Convention for the Improvement of the Free People of Color, Philadelphia [35] December: American Anti-Slavery Society organized. [5] 1834 – Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad and Merchants' Exchange Building constructed.
The 1834 Philadelphia race riot, also known as the Flying Horses riot, [1] [2] was an instance of communal violence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.The riot, in which a mob of several hundred white people attacked African Americans living in the area, began on the evening of August 12 and lasted for several days, dying down by August 14.
Philadelphia was also a major receiving place of the wounded, with more than 157,000 soldiers and sailors treated within the city. Philadelphia began preparing for invasion in 1863, but the Confederate Army was repelled by Union forces at Gettysburg. [69] In the years following the American Civil War, Philadelphia's population continued to grow.
After travels abroad, he would return to Philadelphia in 1893 to paint his most famous work, The Banjo Lesson. [20] Also in 1893, Philadelphia high school student Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller created an art project that was included in The World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and led to her future success as a multi-disciplinary artist. [21]
1834 Philadelphia race riot, where a white mob attacked African Americans in Moyamensing; Pennsylvania Hall riot, an 1838 riot where a venue was attacked by anti-abolitionists; Lombard Street riot, an 1842 riot where black freemen were attacked by an Irish Catholic mob; Philadelphia nativist riots, in May and June 1844, against Irish Catholic ...
Timeline in the abduction of a woman from a Philadelphia street, and her rescue three days later in Maryland, based on FBI affidavit: __ NOV. 2, 9:40 p.m.: Nursing assistant Carlesha Freeland ...
Pennsylvania Hall, "one of the most commodious and splendid buildings in the city," [2] was an abolitionist venue in Philadelphia, built in 1837–38.It was a "Temple of Free Discussion", where antislavery, women's rights, and other reform lecturers could be heard. [3]
Barkley was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in March 2024, less than a year after he and Congdon welcomed their son, Saquon Jr., who they call "SJ" for short. Scroll through for their complete ...