WURD Radio presents Freedom Journeys: Sacred Places, a four-part storytelling series produced and presented by Solomon Jones. In this second episode, Solomon explores the Byberry Township African American Burial Ground — a site founded as a burial place for free and enslaved Black Philadelphians that remained largely unmarked and unknown for generations.

Connected to the legacy of abolitionist Robert Purvis and the broader struggle for freedom and equality in the region, the burial ground stands as a powerful reminder of lives too often overlooked. Today, preservation partners are working to research, interpret, and protect the site — ensuring that both the people laid to rest there and the history they represent are remembered for generations to come.

Freedom Journeys: Sacred Places is made possible in part through the generous support of our Community Impact Sponsor, the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia.

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Community Partners:

• Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia (Community Impact Sponsor)

• Brewerytown Sharswood Neighborhood Coalition

• Poquessing Trail of History / Byberry Friends Meeting

• Society for the Preservation of Philadelphia African American Assets

• The Fund for Sacred Places

Freedom Journeys is made possible through the support of the Office of Senator Vincent Hughes; State Representative Jordan A. Harris; the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce and Economic Development; the Philadelphia Funder Collaborative for the Semiquincentennial; Comcast; PECO; the Philadelphia Parking Authority; Independence Blue Cross; and the Office of Philadelphia City Councilmember Cindy Bass.