NOVEMBER 16, 2025 CELEBRATION – THE QUAKER JOURNEY FROM ENSLAVER TO ABOLITIONIST

With special guest speaker Patricia Mervine

 Join us this Sunday as we welcome local author and historian Patricia Mervine to share some of her vast research into American and local Bucks County history from colonial times forward.

 Pat enjoyed a 30-year career as a speech/language pathologist and assistive technology consultant in Bucks County schools.  For her second act, Pat has become immersed in researching local history.  Her first book on local history, Boone Farm: Its People and Place in Middletown History, tells the stories of the twenty-one owners of the Boone Farm.  That property is soon to be the permanent home of the African American Museum of Bucks County.  Both Boone Farm and Slavery, Friends, and Freedom in Bucks County are Pat’s gifts to the African American Museum of Bucks County, a project she believes in with whole heart and soul.  For her volunteerism and advocacy, Pat was named the 2025 recipient of the Bucks County Women’s History Month Award.

 On this first visit of a series as a speaker at Pebble, Pat will discuss the evolution of Quakers in Bucks County.  Throughout the colonial period, Quakers in Bucks County were enslavers.  By 1776, slavery was forbidden among the Society of Friends, and many Quakers in Bucks County became involved in anti-slavery activities and the Underground Railroad. Indeed, the abolitionist movement was led by Quakers.  What brought about this dramatic change?  Today Pat Mervine will share the influences that led to this transformation and how this impacted Pennsylvania’s role as the first state to abolish slavery.

 Pat’s books will be available for purchase after celebration.

 Join us in the Red Barn or on Zoom at 10:30am.

Join Zoom link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85886792229?pwd=Z1ViQy9XUmo2dEljcWplZ1J4M2Y4dz09