A mob set fire to the Pennsylvania Hall, ?
A mob set fire to the Pennsylvania Hall, the Philadelphia meeting place of the Abolition Society and women's suffrage groups, on May 17, 1838. Anti-abolitionist immigrants feared having to compete with freed slaves for jobs
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10658574
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45204871
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Mary Evans / Everett Collection
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