page_title: Cassey House
hierarchical_section_title: Cassey House
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of front of 243 Delancey Street, Philadelphia, PA 2006
context_page_description: The Cassey House, at 243 Delancey Street at the corner of S. Philip Street in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was owned by the Cassey family for 84 years. The Casseys were a prominent, prosperous, African-American family known for their activism in working for the abolition of slavery and against colonization – the repatriation of free blacks to Africa – and their support for educational, intellectual, and benevolent organizations.
context_section_description: The Cassey House, at 243 Delancey Street (formerly 63 Union Street) at the corner of S. Philip Street in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was owned by the Cassey family for 84 years (1845–1929).  The Casseys were a prominent, prosperous, African-American family known for their activism in working for the abolition of slavery and against colonization – the repatriation of free blacks to Africa – and their support for educational, intellectual, and benevolent organizations.
caption: The Cassey House at 243 Delancey Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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