In Penn's Shadow (1680-1720) - Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
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- Опубликовано: 3 сен 2014
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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
The Philadelphia experiment ( this series ) should be taught in every Philadelphia high school
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.
I lovev the history of every city and state
thank you for sharing !
Chestnut st was Wynne St before Penn changed it
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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.
It's cool finding out about my Quaker ancestors. Wish we still dressed like this tbh.
No you don’t lol I understand liking the older style but I’ll take the 1940s and 50s over the hot itchy heavy clothes they wore in the 1600s
MY MOM'S COUSIN WAS CHARLES TINDLEY OF TINDLEY TEMPLE IN PHILA YUPE
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.
Entire huge state of PA has a crazy history.
This should be taught in school definitely
Found out one of my ancestors was the mayor of philly. 400 years and my family still haven't left this state lol.
Philadelphia is not a state.
Ummm, Philadelphia was founded in 1682 (as of 2023, 341 years ago).
A wonderful documentary. Glad I saw this. Am presently reading "Albion’s seed" ..this fills out some gaps. Thank you !
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN THANK YOU SO MUCH.❤
My ancestor was his "right hand" John Mendenhall. My maiden name is Mills...also another prominent family in Chester
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...
I as well!
Same!
My 6x great grandfather George Maris purchased a 1000 acres from him in Delaware county.
One of my favorite documentaries I've seen in a long time.
Wow I’m from Germantown and didn’t even know all this
heard shootings around there
@@knockhello2604 was it the taliban fighting back
I use to live blocks from Germantown High, Pastorius Ave.
This is such an excellent series, Thank You!! Learning so much about the city of my birth..
Philadelphia has such an amazing history. It is amazing that all these cities and places that I have heard named were actual people.
And now it s called Killadelphia
Yeah a racist history
@@Ch3loos kiladelphia pistolvania lol
Born and raised I was amazed to find out and I’m from around Germantown
Gg pi it
I Love This Video and the Series Its sooooo great {Good Job On The Video's!}
Pretty sure I watched this in a hotel room in Las Vegas. Now I live in Francisville, Philadelphia. Never want to leave this town
What do you like about it there?
Wow
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.
Hello, Cousin! They were also my ancestors, 9th great grandparents. Have you made a family search tree?
@@chelsrose2423Hello cousin. Also my 9th. Yes I have a family search
*Little does history make sense until it is investigated then you'll find the good and bad and how it has all brought us to today; hopefully with lessons learned.*
I’m enjoying this. Just started watching it Have Documentaries on New York and Boston Hope I can find it on DVD
Well done. May we not forget the Holy Experiment, the City of Brotherly Love.
I moved far away from the whole area 16 years ago ... my roots go back to our ancestor coming on the good ship Welcome to Philadelphia .
The place is terrible now with congestion and crime ... pity .
Thank you !!! Well done!!!!
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*"What you believe is your business,"* that matches what Ben Franklin put on the original paper money, before *"In God We Trust"* was put on it in the 1950's, which was *"Mind Your Business."*
Pastorius and his friends were good guys.
I'm a descendant of William Penn and I found this very interesting and pretty accurate to our family stories. One thing I found out recently was he had two slaves with him which I thought would b in contrast to The Society of Friends and their new rights.
I have been trying to find out for years what happened with William Penn and the Lenape, the family story was it was his nephews that had taken over they destroyed the relationship, the treaty and the Wompum belt.
I proud to hear William was such a rebel but with ideals to benefit the majority, it definitely still runs in the family and so do the lips!
Get ready to pay reparations to the slaves descendants
Thank you for the posting I really appreciate it! This is and ill become a great help in completing my final assignment for History as I am doing a historical journal on if I was William Penn and events from his life.
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Kinda late for that, but there are a few inaccuracies in this program.
@@mariusmatei2946yes you said that but I wish you would explain those inaccuracies
If I'm mistaken I apologize. Excellent documentary.
Philadelphia is one of the great cities of the world. It is no wonder it was chosen to be a World Heritage City.
It was supposed to get the United Nations, but at last minute John Rockefeller offered the land in NYC and they settled there.
Go Philly! (Sorry but I don't like football so it's not go birds)
@@notsure6187 damn I wish it was in philly would be so great with phillys history and stuff
Well, of all the largest cities in the World where English is the main language of communication, New York, Philadelphia, London, and Boston have the richest (English) heritage.
@@notsure6187not sure where they would have built the United Nations ... I mean maybe along the waterfront ?
I don't think it would have done well over near the stadiums ... they probably could have built it over towards the Parkway and the art museum before all those apartments were built and that probably would have been their best bet .
i am so amazed in school they were only touching the top but this is a lot of imformation { i need to write this all down}
Hm.
15:21 "This was a major port and lots of business came through the city of Philadelphia. That included China. Gold, silver, and of course the dreaded human being. In 1684 less than two years after the founding of Philadelphia, 150 enslaved Africans arrived to be sold at auction. Many people look at Philadelphia and they think of freedom. They think of liberty. The quakers were some of the biggest financers of slave trade! William Penn owned slaves."
I’m a proud Philadelphian
The map of London at 13:14 has Trafalgar Square front and centre. Trafalgar Square was built to commemorate the 1805 English Naval Victory.
IKR? This program contains a good few (flagrant) inaccuracies.
That square existed as a private courtyard
Very inspirational production. I am working on a more specific documentary on Bolton Mansion which includes William Penn's influence. I would love to contact you regarding any possible input.
I love history!! I saw this in my school and I loved it so much I wanted to watch it again!
@@xiomarysw7675 nerds are the best
Cool! Ikr This is a great documentary.
That's me
Me too
I'm with you on that, History is, indeed, awesome; there are, however, a good few (flagrant) inaccuracies in this program.
I really enjoyed it.
My great x10 grandfather George Boone was Penn's secretary "for a time". So cool.
45,000 sq miles to repay a debt and start a colony, that is a lot of land!!!
another like I am history geek great documentary
William Penns estate is behind my own home some 5-10 minutes from me. I live on the Delaware canal and this is awesome history glad I found this. It’s funny to know how much traveling he did. Must have been quite a trip for him to go from his home in what is now tullytown to Philadelphia which by car is about 40 minutes away. I’m surprised they didn’t have more on his estate since he really didn’t live in Philly but rather at out in what is now bucks county.
He is one of my ancestors: my family is Quaker; two of my aunts go to the Wilbur Street Church in Salem, Ohio. We have First Friends Churches in Salem, Damascus, and Alliance
@@justinamarina8192Now people are trying to say that William Penn arrived here with two slaves who worked for him on his estate but I don't believe it because he was a Quaker .
How lucky you are to be living on the Delaware Canal I really miss that whole area from when I used to live in New Hope back in '93 .
That whole area was so beautiful back then and then when I went to visit around 2004 maybe a little earlier I was shocked to see how much the area changed and so many yuppies with their horrible attitude and it was depressing to see them flooding Doylestown
How did the flooding affect you this past year ? I was surprised to see how bad it got
@@gardensofthegods I actually never floods where I’m at. I’m in Morrisville.
My nieces and my brother-in-law are related to William Penn. I wanted to learn more about his story and see what resemblances there might be.
To think that this man is my distant grandfather is fucking crazy
Well I learned something today
Why didn't Thones Kunders sign the 1688 Protest Against Slavery? It was written and signed in his house after all.
What's it Rated?
The foreground music makes this video impossible to listen to. I had to mute it and use closed captions.
Boa noite! Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
I’m in philly right now!:)
23:20 I thought quite a few people knew John Winthrop founded Boston.
We do know the founder of New York: Peter Minuit, who bought the island of Manhattan from the Lenape, and constructed Fort Amsterdam, wich grew into a city called: New Amsterdam. When the british later traded the land for colonies in South America, New Amsterdam was called New York, in honor of the death of admiral York. Fort Amsterdam(where it all started) was destroyed in 1790, after the American Revolution.
+Damocles Yes but not a lot of people know that. Almost every Philadelphian knows who William Penn is. I bet you not even 10% of New Yorkers knows who Peter Minuit is.
+Jason Greene They may know the Name "William Penn" but they have no clue that through aristocratic blood lines he "inherited" a whole Ucking State! & that it is this Small group of western European aristocrats & royals that have owned All the land & the church for over 1500 hundred years now - hiding in plain site, while they encourage the Bulk of the population - who are Not "aristocrats" or the "Upper class" which this ruling class refers to as the lower or middle classes - to Fear each other... Constantly being taught from the time they / we are children, in schools designed & run by these people that we should fear Anyone who does not Look the same 7 / or who does not practice the same religion... Meanwhile they hide in plain sight, infested in positions of power....
Suriname for New Amsterdam?
james thomas So are saying he had royal connections of some sort? I happen to be related to William Penn by blood.
you!
See? Bad things DO happen in Philadelphia. But at least it's always sunny.
imagine William Penn watching Kensington 😂
I thought about it too. But it breaks my heart. 😢
Wide streets and no dark alleys I must be in the wrong town.
The armor in the picture is to say he has on the armor of the Lord
William Penn is my so many greats grandfather!
Cool! I'm related to Ben Franklin. My grandma's maiden name is Franklin! Are you a Penn? ;)
Home Videos hello from Australia my husband,s Mum is a Penn Descendant . Her maiden name was Penn her parents came to Australia in the early 1900 she was born in Australia still alive and is 101yrs old .
@@kathymiller5592 Kathy that is amazing to hear, amazing to hear that Penns are all around the world! I wish you and your husband the best!
@@homevideos4265 Thanks for you lovely words . You take care also great to know , we have extended family in America as we have always had a lot off love for you all. Xx
I happen, not too long ago. I just found out that my great great grandmother was a Penn on my mother's side of the family. I'd have to be one of his great great great great great granddaughters by blood. It is also very possible that I might be related John Tudor.
He’s my great grandfather too.
Ashley Nave I love you! Marry me!!
I’m a desendant of him too
@@anikidshenanigans3129 same Penn is on my Grandfathers side.
SarcasticAbbey same my moms side
In Philadelphia we're the greatest
I'm related to William Penn. Gotta love that guy.
Joseph Harcord I found out that I'm related to him not too long ago.
Ashley Nave Woah, we are related! Do you live in New Hampshire?
Joseph Harcord I live in Virginia. My great grandmother was a Lucus, and Great great grandmother was a Penn. My great grandfather is Stenie McGill Athey. Great Grandmother is Forrest Leigh Lucus. The Athey-Lucus-Penn family connection. My mother is Sunny Leigh Athey, and her sister is Amy Athey.
I recently found out that William Penn grandfather's name is John Tudor who changed it John Penn. The Penn family is originally Tudor descendent of royalty and aristocratic bloodlines.
You're probably related to my mother somewhere along the bloodline. A cousin perhaps. Her father is Edgar Athey who passed away a few years ago. I'm Edgar Athey's granddaughter.
17th and JFK - Penn statue - Robin's Hood said to watch it closely
CC said "Craker" instead of Quacker
funny
If anyone is seeing this comment from Mrs. Ezzo's Quakerism class waddup
I'm a pence and in house of names says I might be related to this history with my famliy
my class all watched this vid so 30+ views
My ancestors founded America and Pennsylvania.
The second is redundant once you state the first.
Prime example that to kinds/ mind frame of people can not live together, if 1 is just and the others are unjust or does not care , bible said 2 can't walk together if both does not agree! and wherever there is Good or someone is turning to do Good , Evil is not far behind , because wicked people hate anything that's Good and it Hates Order .
We still have a shot at positive change !
My ancestors came to Philadelphia in 1683. Indentured servants to a Quaker family. Some were treated worse than slaves. Cause slaves cost money. Indentured servants had to pay back their passage sometimes up to 10 years with their labor. At least they got freed and if lucky got some land.
Peter Minuit founded New York he was president of the Dutch West India Company
u best believe we all in history rn
Not 1/2 mile from me is the small house (a hut, actually) that housed William Penn's tax collector.
God willing those of us descended from the founders and those who have fled the onslaught of violence will retake Philadelphia.
Seriously???????These guys were hypocrites???
Hopefully
Lenape?
Bags of magick instant city dust just add water is how Penn built his star fort.
Ask your average Philadelphian Who is on top Of city Hall, They either don't know or they think it's Benjamin Franklin. That has been My experience. I personally don't like William Penn But I like the video anyway. I learn a lot I did not know. Thank you.
Hey my Social Studies class of Mr. Pate.
Yo whats up
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No plaintiff appears no verdict can be given
I am the great great great great grandson of William penn
The English? Do you mean British? My 10x great-grandfather a Welsh diocese of Saint Davids cathedral left with Penn to America and became the first governer of Pennsylvania.
OUTSTANDING
4:20 it wasn't King Charles land to give away!!!
That land & all of North America had been the traditional territory of Indigenous people for tens of thousands of years. Indigenous people belonged to the land & the land belonged to Indigenous people. Unfortunately, white people operate on the basis of 'might makes right'.
ruffboss1 It was "cause he said so" lol
Didn't they say that W. Penn bought their land from them!
The King gave the land to William Penn to pay his Father’s debt. Then when Penn arrived he paid the Indians (the 3 tribes that was in the area) for it. It’s not well relayed in this short tale but there is books that has the information in it. ~~~~I’m Cherokee descent so this would not include my ancestors.
Indentured slaves were the white slaves who were there before the black slaves.According to a book ,a boy who was a white slave Indian Peter(from Aberdeen Scotland) the first black slaves were 25 from New Guinea it is thought they were indentured slaves like the white as they lived worked ate slept and drank with the white slaves.
William Penn was also member of the Tudor royal household. Maybe people don't realize that this guy had more tie lines connected to royalty,arisocrocy,and nobility that his father had. William Penn by genetic reality is a Tudor by blood. King James 2 is related to William Penn and the resemblances are strong. Some things will not be in so-called history textbooks or books on the market. People know him as a popular and famous Quaker but the will never know about how much more power he held. I'm his great great great great great+ granddaughter by blood from my mother's side. My great great grandma is Betsy Penn and my great grandma is Forrest Leigh Lucas, and the Lucas ancestry connection also has Penn-Tudor nobility. My mother is a Athey, and her father's side with great grandfather is a different story because he is from Galway Ireland.
Accepting “Family” as the 10th.Testimony
The Quaker testimonies of Equality and Justice have failed in the family. Fathers and children are at a disadvantage with many having been lost to each other. 45% of UK school age children do not now live under the same roof as their father.
Quakers and their testimonies constitute a feminist/woke institution that does not accept this as being a problem, never addressing it. It is more likely to do so if “Family” is accepted as a Testimony on the understanding that children’s natural maturation process has 3 essential stages of need.
A. The unconditional love of the mother from birth until about 7 years of age.
The mother must have “thefinalsay”
B. The conditional love of the father, who takes his children out into the world, gives security and teaching social boundaries from 7 until about 13 years of age.
The father must have “thefinalsay”.
C.The friendship and respect of their peers from 13 until 18 years of age.
The child must have “thefinalsay”.
If these 3 stages are not sequence in order, maturation is unlikely to be achieved and mental resilience reduced. This has now become generational.
Such a regime of equal and just parenting rights (over time) would bind parents into a co-operative relationship, because (over time) each will hold the power of “thefinalsay” sequentially when it is needed and best favoured to use it.
Such family protocols need to be the default position, (allowing love, courtesy and humour to prevail) but could in exceptional cases be varied by the courts.
Buckminster Fuller said:-
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete”.
To alleviate suffering is worthy. To prevent it is divine, but thankless.
12:08
So this is the oat meal Quaker guy
This fool made a baby out of wedlock and never legitimized the child. So he joined the church to clean up his image. And he was a silver spooner
Penn was advanced his time
You mean slavery is morally wrong? Ya don't say
18:08 de Graeff is a DUTCH name ...not a German one - so were the Dutch also involved?
Safe assumption. What is now present day Delaware, particularly Lewes, DE and surrounding area, was founded by the Dutch.
Hi, I have many de Graeff's in my family ancestry and have done extensive research. Because of the wars in Europe borders changed often. William Penn's family on his mother's is Dutch/German and were wealthy traders in fabric. William visited his mother's extensive family there to get people to come to the New World. The de Graeff, Kuster and others are related and went there on the 1st and 2nd voyages.
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I just found out he is my family on my Great Grandfather's side .
Angela Allen Kline I just found out not too long ago, around a few years ago that I'm related to William Penn from my mom's side. You could very well be distantly related to me.
I'm related to him through my great grandma.
who else from t/e middle
Me
I went there!
He owned slaves and...and... yay William Penn! What a great guy! Wow, really?
He brought over the Quakers who lead an abolitionist movement that was a massive part of the civil war that ENDED slavery and those same Quaker's decendents helped with woman's rights. William Penn (as the document already said) founded Philadelphia, one of the biggest influences on the colonies whiched America switch to democracy, and off of monarchy. So, yeah, he helped start a LOT of great things, he was a good guy. (His slavery sucked, though)
a massive part of starting the civil war*
That is bad but oh well. It was normal then, unfortunately.
Quakers were against slavery.
@@notsure6187 Oh well? Wow!
Im watching this for a worksheet and I doze off each sentence
insert name here take some adderaol
Just realized today I’m a desendant of William Penn. Like or comment if you are too.
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Add to that they did everything they could too Sully the German name
and my last name is penn so am i related???????????
It's possible. My family was one of his servants O u O
No weirdo
okay do any of you have an understanding of the 3 colonial prototypes (royal, proprietary, and charter)??? im now at the understanding that william penn was a proprietor but before this video i thought he would be considered a "charter leader(?)" maybe i am very stupid but if william is a proprietor, wtf would a charter leadership look like and who gives them their power?? or do they just go somewhere uninhabited and start their own?? if u could give me an example or a name of one that would be tight but honestly im just lookin for an explanation idk i hope this make sense i just hate not understanding things and google isnt giving sufficient answers at this point.
Just fyi, almost nowhere in North America was "uninhabited". The land was occupied by Indigenous people for tens of thousands of years. Most of North America was stolen by white people--white governments, white settlers, white armies.
Did you ever find the answer?
The city of mason
Wow, the information they do not teach in school. So are you subliminally saying that religion had nothing positive to do with human trafficking? And then there's the pedophilia...? Protect the children, and each other.