Montiers: From Enslavement to Paul Robeson and Beyond : From Enslavement to Paul Robeson and Beyond / Donald Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Donald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American families--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

African American families.

Multiracial families--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.

Multiracial families.

Physical Description:

xx, 284 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Havertown, PA : Brookline Books, 2025.

Summary:

"The African-American Montier family traces its roots to the British-born Caucasian son of Philadelphia’s first mayor, Richard Morrey, who had a relationship with Cremona, a young woman who had been enslaved by the Morrey family, resulting in five mixed-race children. Before his death, Richard would pass to Cremona 200 acres of land, giving her an almost unique position in 18th-century Philadelphia. On this land a small Black town known as Guineatown would grow up, with an associated cemetery." - Amazon

Notes:

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Local Notes:

Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection

HSP Copy: inscribed by author

ISBN:

9781955041041

1955041040

OCLC:

1472210936