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Slavery history: Swan Point Farm

Phillip Seitz — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:10:31 +0000

The Swan Point Farm in Kent County, Maryland was a large plantation run with slave labor from at least the 1770s until the 1820s. Continue reading →

Slavery history: Map of Chew Family plantations, 1800-1809

Phillip Seitz — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:14:41 +0000

See for the first time the plantations of just one Philadelphia family... Continue reading →

Slavery history: Dallington

Phillip Seitz — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:21:15 +0000

The Dallington property is a good example of a small Maryland plantation with fewer than ten enslaved workers. It reaches deep into the history of Kent County. Continue reading →

Slavery history: The Cotton King of Philadelphia

Phillip Seitz — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:34:37 +0000

Philadelphia was a major nineteenth century textile city built on cotton grown and harvested by slaves. One company alone, David S. Brown & Co., used 1.56 million pounds in 1859. Continue reading →

Afrocentricity

Phillip Seitz — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:25:08 +0000

Why it is important for African Americans to reflect upon and nurture their roots. Continue reading →

When slavery came to stay

Phillip Seitz — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:20:29 +0000

The following piece—which I warn you is long—was the first-prize winning essay in the 2011 American Association of Museums' Brooking Competition for Creativity, and tells the story of The Cliveden Project in 2010. Continue reading →

My journey begins

Phillip Seitz — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:05:54 +0000

How a clueless white person begins to see what's happening all around him. Continue reading →

Slave resistance: Yarm Says No

Phillip Seitz — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:50:44 +0000

A story of defiance and courage, unlike any you've ever read. Continue reading →

Slavery history: The Whitehall Plantation

Phillip Seitz — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:00:14 +0000

The Chew Family’s Whitehall Plantation, located in Kent County, Delaware was the largest farm ever run with enslaved labor in the history of the state. Continue reading →

Slave resistance: I love bacon

Phillip Seitz — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:55:56 +0000

This is a story about meat. It’s also a story about how slave plantations ran in Cecil County, Maryland in the early 19th century. Continue reading →