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This sweeping online resource is created from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s acclaimed Afro-Americana Collection—a collection started by Benjamin Franklin that steadily increased throughout its history, ultimately encompassing more than 12,000...
Created from the renowned holdings of the Library Company of Philadelphia, Black Authors, 1556-1922 is the most complete and compelling collection of its kind. It offers more than 550 fully catalogued and searchable works by Black authors from the...
By the late 17th century, Britain had established colonies along the New England coast and Chesapeake Bay, alongside small groups of Dutch and Swedish settlers. Many of the region’s Indigenous inhabitants were pushed West, where they joined hundreds...

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