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Free Download Anthony Waskie, "Philadelphia and the Civil War:: Arsenal of the Union "
English | ISBN: 1609490118 | 2011 | 256 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Philadelphia was the second-largest city in the country and had the industrial might to earn the title Arsenal of the Union."? With Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal, the city mills forged steel into arms, and a vast network of rails carried the ammunition and other manufactured goods to the troops. Over the course of the war, Philadelphia contributed 100, 000 soldiers to the Union army, including many free blacks and such notables as General George McClellan and General George Meade, the victor of Gettysburg. Anthony Waskie chronicles Philadelphia’s role in the conflict while also taking an intimate view of life in the city with stories of all those who volunteered to serve and guard the Cradle of Liberty."

Free Download Kenneth W. Milano, "The Philadelphia Nativist Riots: Irish Kensington Erupts "
English | ISBN: 1626190194 | 2013 | 160 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Discover a remarkably intimate and compelling view of the riots with stories of individuals on both sides of the conflict that rocked Kensington.

Free Download Jane Austen’s Remarkable Aunt, Philadelphia Hancock: A Girl of Genius and Feeling
by Jan Merriman
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1036111857 | 272 Pages | True ePUB | 15 MB

Free Download Philadelphia: A Narrative History by Paul Kahan
English | October 29, 2024 | ISBN: 1512826294 | True EPUB | 424 pages | 9.2 MB
A comprehensive history of Philadelphia from the region’s original Lenape inhabitants to the myriad of residents in the twenty-first century

Free Download Ron Hess, "The Closing and Reuse of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard"
English | 2001 | pages: 130 | ISBN: 0833030434 | PDF | 0,8 mb
The report describes the distinctly European business philosophy of the eventual tenant, Norwegian shipbuilding giant Kvaerner, and the conditions of its deal with the city and concludes that the Philadelphia example should be considered by other U.S. military shipyards that might be faced with closure in the future.

Free Download Mystery and Marvel: Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exposition
by John Henry Hepp IV
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1955041024 | 160 Pages | True ePUB | 18.5 MB

Free Download Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia
by Peter Schmitz
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1955041377 | 328 Pages | True ePUB | 42 MB

Free Download Brian Temple, "Philadelphia Quakers and the Antislavery Movement"
English | ISBN: 0786494077 | 2014 | 240 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
The Quakers came to America in the 17th century to seek religious freedom. After years of struggle, they achieved success in various endeavors and, like many wealthy colonists of the time, bought and sold slaves. But a movement to remove slavery from their midst, sparked by their religious beliefs, grew until they renounced the slave trade and freed their slaves. Once they rejected slavery, the Quakers then began to petition the state and Federal governments to do the same. When those in power turned a blind eye to the suffering of those enslaved, the Quakers used both legal and, in the eyes of the government, illegal means to fight slavery. This determination to stand against slavery led some Quakers to join with others to be a part of the Underground Railroad. The transition from friend to foe of slavery was not a quick one but one that nevertheless was ahead of the rest of America.

Free Download On a MOVE: Philadelphia’s Notorious Bombing and a Native Son’s Lifelong Battle for Justice (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CCW7Z4HK | 2024 | 10 hours and 6 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 289 MB
Author: Mike Africa Jr., D. Watkins
Narrator: Mike Africa Jr.
The incredible story of MOVE, the revolutionary Black civil liberties group that Philadelphia police bombed in 1985, killing 11 civilians-by one of the few people born into the organization, raised during the bombing’s tumultuous aftermath, and entrusted with repairing what was left of his family. Before police dropped a bomb on a residential neighborhood on May 13, 1985, few people outside Philadelphia were aware that a Black-led civil liberties organization had taken root there. Founded in 1972 by a charismatic ideologue called John Africa, MOVE’s mission was to protect all forms of life from systemic oppression. They drew their ideology from the Black Panther Party and pre-dated animal and environmental rights groups like PETA and Earth First. MOVE emerged in an era when Black Philadelphians suffered under devastating policies brought by the long, doomed war in Vietnam, Mayor Frank Rizzo’s overtly racist police surveillance, and, eventually, President Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs. MOVE members lived together in a collection of West Philadelphia row houses and took the surname Africa out of admiration for the group’s founder. But in MOVE’s lifestyle, city officials saw threats to their status quo.

Free Download On a Move: Philadelphia’s Notorious Bombing and a Native Son’s Lifelong Battle for Justice by Mike Africa Jr.
English | August 6, 2024 | ISBN: 0063318873 | 304 pages | EPUB | 32 Mb
The incredible story of MOVE, the revolutionary Black civil liberties group that Philadelphia police bombed in 1985, killing 11 civilians-by one of the few people born into the organization, raised during the bombing’s tumultuous aftermath, and entrusted with repairing what was left of his family.