PA, USA
Philadelphia
First-person accounts and interpretive stories from Philadelphia.
2 Stories
Accounts & Voices
Historical Voice
The Boy Who Refused England
James Forten
James Forten was fourteen years old when he shipped aboard the privateer Royal Louis in 1781. He was free, Black, and Philadelphian — the son of a sailmaker who had worked on the wharves his entire li...
Modern VoiceTwo Rooms and What They Hold
Most visitors want to see the Liberty Bell. We get about three million people a year through the Bell Center, and I understand the draw — it is iconic, it photographs well, and it has a crack. But th...