The University City Historical Society (UCHS) West Philadelphia Book Talk Series
Donna J. Rilling will present on her upcoming book Foreclosed: Race and Dispossession in a Nineteenth Century Community. Professor Rilling’s research has focused on a community of land-owning African Americans in and around the intersection of 41st and Ludlow Streets. The genealogy of some of these folks may be found in the adjacent area formerly known as the Black Bottom. Donna Rilling is Associate Professor of History at the State University of New York at Stoney Brook where she focuses on the history of the early American republic. Her first book, Making Houses, Crafting Capitalism: Builders in Philadelphia, 1790-1850, examines frequently over-leveraged master builders of rowhouses.
Admission is FREE