Forging Freedom: The Formation of Philadelphia’s Black Community

For your second reading of the Gary Nash's intro, use the questions below to focus your reading. 

1. How were Blacks received in Chester and Philadelphia?
2. What is the “environmentalist theory” regarding racial difference that Nash references?
3. Why do Blacks come to Philadelphia?
4. What makes Philadelphia an important site for the abolition of Trans-Atlantic slavery?
5. What responsibility does the free Black community feel (Pg.5)?
6. What is Gary Nash’s thesis for this Forging Freedom?
7. He mentions that the lives of Blacks and Whites were intertwined in Philadelphia? How so
8. Describe the Tragedy.
9. Describe the Triumph.