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Digital History Projects
Digital History Projects present history using new multi-media and technological tools. Each project focuses on a theme. Unlike documents in the Collections section, documents here are offered with historical context or interpretation. Watch this area for new additions throughout 2012!
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 Highlights in History is a timeline of information drawn from HSP's collections. It was created as part of the Documentary Families Project and has since been expanded to include material from other collections. |
 Founded in 1775, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society (PAS) worked on “improving the Condition of the African Race.” The PAS Papers contain the records of the Society's meetings, legal actions they took, papers related to education for the free black community, and the records of numerous anti-slavery societies. |
