Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia)

Pennsylvania Hall was a 19th century abolitionist meeting place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the years prior to the building of the Hall, the city's African American population had grown substantially as freed and fugitive slaves began to unite with the city's substantial Quaker population in the struggle to end slavery.Periodic outbreaks of racial, ethnic and religious violence were common for nearly 15 years, culminating in 1842s Lombard Street Riot. It was in the midst of this turmoil that the Hall was to be built.