Hetty Reckless - The Moral Reform Retreat, 1838 Black Metropolis, West Jersey, Abolition Societies

After 1.5 YEARS...(thank you pandemic) we have new content!  Join Michiko and guest Co-Host Philly Historian Michael Idriss as we dive into the life of the incredible, indomintabile, brilliant Hetty Reckless. 


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 to have Black Women's names added to the Pennsylvania Female Anti-Slavery Society plaque. 

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Chapters

• 6:00 Amy (Hetty's early name) in West Jersey and escape to Philly
• 30:53 Hetty Meets with the Pennsylvania Abolition Society in Philly
• 36:00 1830 Philly - The Black Metropolis, All the things
• 48:17 The Pennsylvania Female Anti-Slavery Society, The Vigilance Committee
• 59:00 The Moral Reform Retreat
• 1:21:00 General Thoughts on this region on the edge of the slave empire