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Our Mission 

The mission of the African American Historical Society of South Central Pennsylvania is to collect, analyze, interpret, and preserve essential facts and materials related to the life of African Americans in historic and contemporary communities in South Central Pennsylvania and adjoining areas. 

--Lancaster from southwest, 1800-SJ Mark
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Events 

Leaders & Liberators

The public is invited to a free performance of Leaders and Liberators: Harriet Tubman and her Cape May Connections at Cape May Stage, 405 Lafayette Street on Monday, September 30, 2024 at 7 PM. A dramatic reading of an original script, Leaders and Liberators portrays an imagined meeting on July 4, 1872 in Cape May, New Jersey between Harriet Tubman and two abolitionist allies from Columbia, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, the Rev. Stephen Smith and William Whipper.

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