Shortly after Avis began attending Upper Dublin Meeting she learned that slaves were buried in an unmarked grave in the Meeting's cemetery. Avis was led to honor those who, until now, were forgotten.
Telling the first of three stories Phillip Seitz, Social Historian, worked for 9 years at Cliveden in Philadelphia. During that time an enormous number of the Chew Family Papers were discovered and turned over to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Included in those papers were letters Benjamin Chew received from the overseer of his plantation in the state of Delaware. For more information about the Chew family go to Phillip's website TheHistoryteller.