Event – Detail Past

Stephen and Harriet Smith, and William and Harriet Whipper, were life-long friends and activists in the nineteenth-centuiry movements for the abolition of slavery and the uplift of their Black community. They built fortunes in business, funded and facilitated the flight of hundreds of freedomseekers to Canada, donated liberally to religious and charitable causes, and were at the forefront of community "betterment" efforts.

Michael Clemmons, a museum docent, and Donna Rilling, a history professor, collaborated to bring recognition to these central and daring men and women. They will discuss the diverse, extensive and laudable activities of the Smiths and Whippers, and the path to proposing their homes for listing on Philadelphia's Register of Historic Places.

This is a virtual event

Free