REL 0876 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Absalom Jones, Anthony Benezet, John Lewis Krimmel
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The making of the free black church in america. Pepper pot scene in a philadelphia market (1811) The cheesesteak of its day, pepper pot soup was a thick, spicy dish made with veggies, tripe, ox feet, and other cheap meat. Charles wilson peale painted the accident as a warning against excess, in this case deserts. Here is the poem that ran with the artwork: The pye from bake house she had brought. But let it fall for want of thought and laughing sweeps collect around. Some relevant and interesting facts about philly"s black history. By 1790, philadelphia was home to 2000 free blacks; Many came from elsewhere in the delaware valley, others from the south, and still others from saint-domingue. In 1811, the city directory listed 81 black men who owned their own businesses; by 1816, the number was 180 (www. pbs. org) By 1830, all of philly"s 14,500 blacks were free, and the white population had swelled to 150,000.
