The Montiers: From Enslavement to Paul Robeson and Beyond

by Donald Scott Sr.

The very important story of an interracial family that can be traced through multiple generations and into the 20th century.

The African-American Montier family traces its roots to the British-born Caucasian son of Philadelphia's first mayor, Richard Morrey, who had a relationship with Cremona, a young woman who had been enslaved by the Morrey family, resulting in five mixed-race children. Before his death, Richard would pass to Cremona...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1955041040
• ISBN13: 9781955041041
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Brookline Books
• Length: 304 Pages