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The MOVE Fire

This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.

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Appraisal of a plantation owned by Elisha King listing 43 enslaved persons

Date
1852
Written by
S. W. Sanders, American, died 1853
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Man or Men
Elisha F. King, American, died 1852
John Edmunds, American, born 1813
Green B. Mobley, American, 1807 - 1877
Obadiah Belcher, American
Unidentified Child or Children
Description
An appraisal conducted on September 10, 1852 on a plantation owned by Elisha F. King in Bibbs County, Alabama. The appraisal is handwritten with blue ink, recorded on both sides of a single sheet of blue paper, folded in half to make four pages. Written in the top left corner of the front side is “State of Alabama / Perry County.” The document begins “Perry City personally appraised before me Sh[illegible] W. Sanders an acting Justice of the Piece [sic] in for said count John Edmond, [illegible] B. Moolley, Obadiah Belcher commissioners appointed by the House J. F. Bailey Judge of the probate court of Perry County for the purpose of appraising the personal property belonging to the estate of the late E. F. King…” The appraisal goes on to list the property at the plantation in Bibbs County, Alabama, over two pages. Making up the majority of the property are fourty-three enslaved men, women and children, listed as "negroes" with names and prices ranging from $350 to $1000. The enslaved are identified as:
Sarah & Child, Lucy & Child, Lane & 2 Children, Betty, Amy & 2 children, Mariah, Anacy, Tilda & 2 children, Catherine, Ann, Nelly, Rachael, Lizy, Susan, Mahaby, Phelan, Joseph, Caroline, Stokes, Jordain, Aalade, Dotia, Frank, Jacob, Merida, Noah, Sam, Moses, Fil, Jack, Isrel, Ben, Elijah, George, Mat
In addition to the enslaved persons, the property listing includes ten mules, also identified with names and prices, six cows and calves, 5 head of sheep, and other livestock; spades, hoes, iron wedges, blacksmith tools, a cotton gin and other plantation tools, a lot of bacon, and household furniture.
On the opposite side of the paper is a one page signed statement by Edwin W. King verifying the appraisal listing, dated September 21, 1852, and another page with the title "List of notes belonging to E of E.F. King." The page lists 15 debts with names, due dates, and amounts totaling $2617.60.
Transcription Center Status
Transcribed by digital volunteers
Place used
Perry County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Bibb County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
Topic
African American
Agriculture
American South
Business
Children
Cotton
Domestic slave trade
Families
Finance
Men
Slavery
U.S. History, 1815-1861
Women
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Collection title
Liljenquist Family Collection
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Documents and Manuscripts
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Liljenquist Family
Data Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2018.43.4
Type
appraisals
Restrictions & Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 12 3/8 × 7 7/8 in. (31.5 × 20 cm)
Title
Object Name • Appraisal of a plantation owned by Elisha King listing 43 enslaved persons
Record ID
nmaahc_2018.43.4
Museum
NMAAHC
Title Sort
APPRAISAL OF A PLANTATION OWNED BY ELISHA KING LISTING 43 ENSLAVED PERSONS
Source
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Metadata Usage
CC0
Date
1850s
Name
Sanders, S. W. • Belcher, Obadiah • King, Elisha F. • Mobley, Green B. • Edmunds, John
Place
United States • North and Central America • Bibb County • Alabama • Perry County
Topic
Slavery • Women • American South • Finance • Men • Family • Agriculture • Domestic slave trade • Children • Cotton • U.S. History, 1815-1861 • Business
Culture
African Americans
Geo Location
County • Perry County • State • Alabama • Country • United States • Continent • North and Central America • County • Bibb County
Type
appraisals
Online Media Type
Images
Online Media Rights
No Known Copyright Restrictions

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What prosperous Tulsa district became widely known as “Black Wall Street”?

The Greenwood District.