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Breton, William L

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Exterior view of the coffee house and merchants' exchange at the southwest corner of Front and Market streets in Philadelphia during the colonial era. A slave auction occurs outside the coffee house and pedestrians traverse the sidewalks and street, including an African American woman carrying a basket on her head. Views of the adjacent printing house and book store of "Pennsylvania Journal" publisher, William Bradford, are visible. Erected in 1702 and established as a coffee house in 1754 by Bradford, the site was a public center for social and economic activities during the later 18th century, including slave auctions. Razed in 1883.; Plate published in John F. Watson's Annals of Philadelphia...(Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1830), opp. p. 339.

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The Library Company of Philadelphia

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PA Digital

Keywords

  1. African American Women
  2. African Americans
  3. Book Illustrations
  4. Lithographs
  5. London Coffee House
  6. Merchants' Exchanges
  7. Pennsylvania
  8. Philadelphia
  9. Slave Trade
  10. Slaver
  11. Taverns (Inns)
  12. Women

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