Jack and Parthenia’s Story
Read Between the Lines
Gathering Sugar-cane
1859
J.W. Orr
Harvesting sugar cane took a brutal toll on enslaved men and women whose lives were cut short by this hard labor.
Granger Historical Images.
Hannah Penn
1700-1725
Francis Place (English, 1647-1728)
Penn family letters contain brief references to the enslaved men, women and children at Pennsbury and in Philadelphia.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Letter from Hannah Penn to James Logan
1700
Hannah Penn (English, 1671-1726)
Letter from Hannah Penn to James Logan, arranging for Parthenia's help and ordering other items to be sent.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Pennsbury Manor
Pennsbury Manor, Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
Alamy.
The lsland of Barbadoes
c. 1720
Herman Moll (English, 1654?-1732)
Merchants of the colonial North transported goods to and from the West Indies, including Barbados.
Historic Hudson Valley (L.2004.14).
The South East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia
c. 1720
Peter Cooper (Possibly American, active 1713- c. 1720)
The view of the city of Philadelphia shows the city as a bustling port, where human cargo arrived by ship.
The Library Company of Philadelphia, Gift of George Mifflin Dallas, 1857.
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