Remarks for Presentation to Brooklyn (PA) Historical Society Denise Dennis July 29, 2006
"Black Patriots of the 18th Century"
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BOOKS
The following
History books contain information about The
Dennis Farm and the Perkins/Dennis
Family:
Waiting for the Lord: Nineteenth Century Black
Communities in Susquehanna County by Debra Adelman, Picton Press, Rockford, ME, 1997
History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania by Emily C. Blackman, Claxton, Remsen, Haffelfinger,
Philadelphia, PA, 1873
African Americans in Pennsylvania: A History and
Guide by Charles
Blockson, Black Classic Press, Baltimore, MD, 1994
The Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania by Charles Blockson, Flame International,
Jacksonville, NC, 1981
A History of Brooklyn, Pennsylvania 1787-2005 by Curtis and Margaret Stone, Brooklyn Historical
Society, 2005
A History of Brooklyn Township, Susquehanna Co.,
Penn’a: Its Homes and People
by E.A. Weston, Brooklyn Historical Society, 1889 (reprinted 1987)