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When he was thirty-two years old, Thomy Lafon was listed in the 1842 city directory as a merchant. His mother was born a free woman in Haiti and had arrived with other migrants post-revolution. Lafon grew wealthy through real estate. The Holy Family nursing home was the result of one of many of his charitable donations made in service of Black
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Colonial newspapers contributed to the perpetuation of slavery. Advertised 250 years ago today: “RUN away ... a NEGROE fellow, named BOB ... he has a general pass ... and goes for a freeman ... I do hereby certify, he is a slave for life." (Pennsylvania Gazette 1/13/1773) https://t.co/QSOZ601G6W
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