Home > United States of America > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia County > Philadelphia > African Friends to Harmony Burial Ground
Memorials : 0
Location : Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, USA
Coordinate : 39.9562090, -75.2051990
Description : Cemetery was established in 1826, and last burial was in December 1882. No record of remains removal has been found. Site is today mostly a parking lot owned by the University of Pennsylvania. Synopsis of articles Philadelphia Inquirer 2019 African Friends of Harmony was a benevolent or mutual aid society developed for the specific purpose of burying Philadelphia's African American population. In the 1850s segregation was stickly enforced and a number of societies were started for this purpose. This society was associated with the Africian Baptist Church of Brockley, now Monumental Baptist Church. Over the years it was lost to history... Read More

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    African Friends to Harmony Burial Ground is located at 4111-4123 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Philadelphia County ,Pennsylvania , 19104-3012USA.

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    Latitude: 39.9562090
    Longitude: -75.2051990

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