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Historical Documents Map of Philadelphia, c. 1796 c.1796 |
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click image for close-upThis map shows Philadelphia as it appeared around 1796. By then the commercial core of the city, stretching along the Delaware River from Spruce to Vine streets, had become a white area. Black families began to cluster along the cities northern and southern perimeters.
Image Credit: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
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• Jeffrey Leath on Philadelphia
• Emma Lapsansky on Philadelphia
• Margaret Washington on Philadelphia
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