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The Philadelphia Black Metropolis is a
city within a city built by more than 20,000 free Black people in Philadelphia in 1838.
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The 1838 Philadelphia Black Metropolis is also a movement to reclaim, rewrite and restore suppressed or forgotten Black Histories
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RECLAIM
Reclaim the geographic spaces of colonial and antebellum Philadelphia Black history through walking tours and events.
What We Do
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RESTORE
Restore our collective knowledge of free Black history in Philadelphia through talks, trainings, and curriculum and museum education tools.
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REWRITE
Recenter the free Black population's on-going efforts for emancipation through disciplined historical research and writing.
DISCOVER UNTOLD HISTORIES
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