During Black History Month we have been sharing, on social media, links and information on several local museums and historic sites. This is not at all an exhaustive list of the institutions in the Philadelphia area doing work to preserve and interpret Black history, but I wanted to capture the information from our posts in one place.
From Our Volunteers: Louisa Charlotte Burr, 1788-1881
Over on Hidden City today you can read the latest scholarship of Keshler Thibert, an excellent tour guide who has been an enthusiastic volunteer with us over the last year.
Thibert writes about Louisa Charlotte Burr, a biracial daughter of Aaron Burr, who made Philadelphia her home for much of her life. Burr’s life, in Thibert’s telling, offers a window into domestic work but also activism and radical abolitionism. Thibert’s essay also touches on the flourishing work of local and family historians, whose work often goes unacknowledged. Read the full piece here:
https://hiddencityphila.org/2020/06/discovering-louisa-charlotte-burr-abolitionist-mother-unsung-hero/