European American
Petty's Island: A Sacred Part of America’s Story
Posted July 18th, 2008 by Anonymous in
Producer of the Work / Filmmaker:
Camden City African American Commission with Scribe Video Center
Year released:
2007
Length:
15 min 2 seconds
Price:
This video is available for purchase as part of the Precious Places Community History Project Vol. 3 compilation DVD,
Narrated by Danny Glover, Petty's Island: A Sacred Part of America’s Story reveals the legacy of an island with a unique place in the historic encounter between Africans, Europeans and Native Americans in the Philadelphia region. Situated in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Camden, Petty’s Island was Lenni-Lenape land before colonial European slave traders utilized it as a depot for enslaved Africans in the 1600s. The 292 acre island is now a defunct oil terminal owned by the Citco Corporation.
