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The Dennis Farm

The Dennis Farm is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Susquehanna County, dedicated 2015.

Creek Rd.

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Settled by Prince Perkins, a free African American Revolutionary War veteran who came from Conn. in 1793, the property has remained in his descendants' ownership for over 200 years. Granddaughter Angeline Perkins Dennis and husband Henry W. Dennis expanded the farm. It provides an understanding about free African American settlement and life in an integrated rural Pa. community and attests to the prevalent antislavery activity in northeastern Pa.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania, 1792, covering the location of The Dennis Farm, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania, 1792, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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