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Antonio, 1797 Colonel Dennis v. James Fox, 1822 Actions Involving Illegal Enslavement David Davis v. Elijah Clark, 1787 George Stiles v. Daniel Richardson, 1797-99 Marshall Green and Susan, 1826 Two persons from Maryland, 1830 Cases in which Slaves were Awarded Freedom Robinson's narrative concerning Robert, 1788 In Re: Rudy Boice, 1794 Forquiau v. Marcie and Children, 1805 Commonwealth v. Lambert Smyth Cases before Michael Rappele, 1816 "Ann Clark's case," 1818 Habeas Corpus Actions Lett, Philadelphia 1785 Thirteen Blacks Freed…1785 Negro Bob, Philadelphia, 1785 Thomas Cullen v. Susanna, 1785 Negro Nancy, Philadelphia, 1786 Negro Darby v. Armitage, 1787 D. Boadley, Philadelphia, 1787 Commonwealth v. John Stokes, 1787 (Jethro & Dinah) Lydia, Philadelphia. 1789 PA v. Blackmore, 1790 Phoebe, Philadelphia. 1791 Betty v. Horsfeld, 1792 Irvine Republica v. Gallagher, 1801 Mary Thomas, Philadelphia. 1810 James Grey et al, 1810 Journal C of Station No.2, William Still, 1852-1857 Vigilance Committee Accounts Junior Anti-Slavery Society Constitution Manumissions, Indentures, and other Miscellaneous Cases Pero, Philadelphia, 1791 Manumission of 28 slaves by Richard Bayley, 1792 PAS Board of Education Student Handwriting Samples Clarkson Hall Teachers' Reports PAS Correspondence PAS in Context: A Timeline The PAS and American Abolitionism PhilaPlace William Still Digital History Project Anonymous No More: John Fryer, Psychiatry, and the Fight for LGBT Equality Digital Paxton The Tobias Lear Journal: An Account of the Death of George Washington Exhibits Media Library Images Videos Audio Documents Historic Images, New Technologies Philadelphia History Channel Explore Philly Publications Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography Staff & Editorial Advisory Committee Calls for Papers Submission Guidelines Special Issues Permissions Advertising Back Issues Pennsylvania Legacies Permissions Education For Teachers Educational Resources Primary Sources Topical Resource Guides Unit Plans Landmark Lessons Field Trips & Outreach Field Trip & Outreach Program Descriptions Educators Blog Professional Development For Students Researching the Collection Online for Students Tips for Doing Research Book Club Student Guide to Visiting HSP National History Day NHD for Students NHD for Teachers What is National History Day Cultures of Independence How to Apply What will the Workshop be Like? Where will this Happen? Why Study Independence Hall? Sponsoring Organizations Search form Search Limit to Website Collections HSP Journals History Online Digital History Projects Neighbors/Vecinos Closed for Business: The Story of Bankers Trust Company during the Great Depression Preserving American Freedom Pennsylvania Abolition Society Papers PhilaPlace William Still Digital History Project Anonymous No More: John Fryer, Psychiatry, and the Fight for LGBT Equality Digital Paxton The Tobias Lear Journal: An Account of the Death of George Washington Exhibits Media Library Historic Images, New Technologies Philadelphia History Channel Explore Philly Scholars Genealogists & Community Historians Historical & Heritage Organizations Digital History Projects Printer-friendly version Home › History Online › Digital History Projects Digital History Projects Digital History projects present history using new multi-media and technological tools. Each project focuses on a theme. Unlike documents in the Collections section, documents here are offered with historical context or interpretation. Watch this area for new additions! Neighbors/Vecinos Neighbors/Vecinos is a bilingual website that documents 200 years of Puerto Rican heritage in Philadelphia. It is the end product of Audience Embedded, a project to explore how communities can create cultural programs of meaning for their members. Read More Digital Paxton Digital Paxton: A Digital Archive and Critical Edition of the Paxton Pamphlet War for the first time collects in one open-source repository all surviving pamphlets, broadsides, political cartoons, and correspondence related to the Paxton incident and also serves as a web-based critical edition and teaching platform. View Site Anonymous No More: John Fryer, Psychiatry, and the Fight for LGBT Equality Anonymous No More: John Fryer, Psychiatry, and the Fight for LGBT Equality documents both the story of Dr. John Fryer, a Philadelphia psychiatrist best-known for challenging the psychiatric profession's decision to categorize homosexuality as an illness, and the collaboration between HSP and playwright Ain Gordon. Major support for this project was provided by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from HSP. Read More Uncovering William Still's Underground Railroad The Historical Society of Pennsylvania has begun work on a new digital history project about the Underground Railroad. The project will weave new connections between the manuscript journal and published book of William Still, known as the "Father of the Underground Railroad." Read More Preserving American Freedom Preserving American Freedom , a HSP digital history project, provides 50 key documents for teaching about the evolution of the idea of freedom and practices of liberty throughout U.S. history - along with Educator Tools , such as lesson plans, DBQs, and podcasts . Read More Closed for Business Learn about the early years of the Great Depression and the December 1930 failure of a large Philadelphia bank, Bankers Trust Company. Read More PhilaPlace Explore Philadelphia - the City of Neighborhoods - through maps, stories, photographs, and documents. Share your favorite "PhilaPlace" by adding photographs and stories. HSP welcomes interns to help add new stories; to apply see the Internships section of the website. View Site The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Papers Founded in 1775, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS) worked on “improving the Condition of the African Race.” The PAS Papers contain the records of the Society's meetings, legal actions they took, papers related to education for the free black community, and the records of numerous anti-slavery societies. View papers The Tobias Lear Journal: An Account of the Death of George Washington The Tobias Lear journal documents the death of George Washington in 1799. Housed in HSP's archives, the journal provides fascinating insight into the final days of one of the most consequential figures in early U.S. history. A full transcription and high-resolution images of the journal are available to view. Learn more Historic Images, New Technologies HSP is pleased to announce the launch of Politics in Graphic Detail: Exploring History through Political Cartoons , an exciting and innovative digital history exhibit featuring more than 125 cartoons digitized as p...