In Penn's Shadow (1680-1720) - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
Publicado 2014-09-04
Philadelphia celebrates its founder more than any other American city, but who exactly is William Penn? For many, he is a statue atop City Hall, but Penn's busy life reflected an era of chaotic upheaval and conflict. He is at once a radical Quaker, political prisoner, visionary city planner, absent landlord, and a slaveholder. His ideals, contradictions, and ambitions cast a long shadow across American history. This installment of Philadelphia: The Great Experiment explores what it means to live In Penn's Shadow.
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Created and Produced by SAM KATZ
Directed and Produced by ANDREW FERRETT
Written by DEVON MCREYNOLDS, NATHANIEL POPKIN, and ANDREW FERRETT
Segment Producer WENDY COX
Edited by RACHEL SOPHIA STEWART
Director of Photography PAUL VAN HAUTE
Music Composed by PATRICK DE CAUMETTE
Associate Producer JONATHAN KOHL
Creative Director GINNY LASCO
Sound Design by DAN LA PORTA
Todos los comentarios (21)
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The Philadelphia experiment ( this series ) should be taught in every Philadelphia high school
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It's cool finding out about my Quaker ancestors. Wish we still dressed like this tbh.
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My 10th great grandfather is Dr. Thomas Wynne. He was the personal physician of William Penn. He also built one of the first brick houses in Philadelphia which is so cool to me, I was able to visit one of his other homes near my college in West Philly.
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So many comments that mention only William.......I am pleased to hear that Hannah Callowhill Penn is mentioned as "taking over the government and would run the colony for 13 years!" We who know Phildelphia know the name Callowhill, but probably never thought there was a "famous" woman affiliated with it. Alan Hopper, you must be glad to hear about your great, great, great grandmother as well as grandfather. So many of us know our male ancestors, but have no names of female ancestors. I have taught history for decades and have tried to include the women when I can find them. Thank you for mentioning her.
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Entire huge state of PA has a crazy history.
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Found out one of my ancestors was the mayor of philly. 400 years and my family still haven't left this state lol.
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This should be taught in school definitely
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Wow I’m from Germantown and didn’t even know all this
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN THANK YOU SO MUCH.❤
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A wonderful documentary. Glad I saw this. Am presently reading "Albion’s seed" ..this fills out some gaps. Thank you !
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My ancestor arrived at Chester aboard the Welcome with William Penn in 1682, a teenage boy whose adherence to the nonconformist Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) was rewarded by a land grant in the Nottingham Lots upon his arrival. Other ancestors settled Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia and some still live there...
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My Huguenot ancestor supposedly met William Penn in London 1705ish and so impressed him that he wrote her a letter granting her the “right to purchase” (?) land in the Pequea valley. She made it to Philadelphia with most of her brood 1710ish and then on to that land by 1712. Thanks for this great documentary on Penn. Sad that the Quakers got involved in the slave trade or that the sincerity of Penn towards the Native Americans eventually left them landless and foreign on their own land. History is relentless and cruel.
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My ancestor was his "right hand" John Mendenhall. My maiden name is Mills...also another prominent family in Chester
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Philadelphia has such an amazing history. It is amazing that all these cities and places that I have heard named were actual people.
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Pretty sure I watched this in a hotel room in Las Vegas. Now I live in Francisville, Philadelphia. Never want to leave this town
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One of my favorite documentaries I've seen in a long time.
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I Love This Video and the Series Its sooooo great {Good Job On The Video's!}
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George and Alice Guest are my ancestors. Other stories and articles say that he built, owned and operated the Blue Anchor Tavern where William Penn broke bread and signed docs to make Philadelphia.
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The foreground music makes this video impossible to listen to. I had to mute it and use closed captions.
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This is such an excellent series, Thank You!! Learning so much about the city of my birth..
