Former site of slave market
Founded by William Bradford in 1754, the London Coffee House was established as a forum for citizens to discuss public questions and conduct business. It was a kind of 18th century Starbucks, but with a slave auction. Here merchants traded in human flesh over pots of coffee and stronger drink. In the 1760s there were upwards of 4,400 slaves in Pennsylvania.
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