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The Montiers: From Slavery to Paul Robeson and BeyondAn African-American Familys Interracial Roots to Philadelphias Colonial Past

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By (author): Donald Scott Sr.

The story of the African-American Montier family traces its roots to Philadelphias first mayor, the White Quaker Humphrey Morrey, appointed c. 1691. Richard, the son of the mayor, had a relationship with Cremona, a former slave of the wealthy Morrey family, and the couple had five children. One of their children, also named Cremona, married John Montier, a black man of Caribbean heritage, and the couple built a residence that still stands today on Limekiln Pike in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Although Richard Morrey had two other matrimonial relationships, he passed to Cremona 200 acres of land near where Arcadia University of Glenside is situated today. A small Black town known as Guineatown developed on Cremona Morreys land, with an associated cemetery. Members and descendants of the family included Cyrus Bustill, a black activist and baker who made bread for George Washingtons Continental Army, and David Bustill Bowser, an activist during the nineteenth century and Civil War who designed and created the colors for eleven African American regiments at Camp William Penn. More recent descendants include the great Paul Robeson, a renowned African-American scholar, lawyer, diplomat, athlete, singer, and actor, and William Pickens, Sr., a co-founder of the NAACP, as well as his late grandson William Pickens, III, a highly respected corporate executive, entrepreneur and philanthropist who was founding president of the Paul Robeson Foundation. The book will also trace modern descendants of the family. See more
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  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Nov 2024
  • Publisher: Casemate Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781955041041

About Donald ScottSr.

Don Ogbewii Scott is a 1977 graduate of Cheyney University and 1990 graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and lives in Cheltenham Township Pennsylvania. Scott has written two books about Camp William Penn as well as many articles about the Montiers for publications like America's Civil War Magazine Philadelphia Inquirer England's National Archives Magazine and more. He has contributed to major Black-history book projects for the Oxford University Press and Houghton Mifflin. His lectures have been televised statewide and he's delivered live Black-history segments on WURD 900 AM as well as appeared on television's PBS-WHYY WPVI-ABC and PCN.

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