"By following the story of my great-grandmother Isabella Ford's life, and adding to it with information from available sources, I have been able to get a better understanding of the circumstances of Lancaster's free blacks. Her story provides a sense of life in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County and shows how free black families held their own, despite an environment that was often unfriendly and that restricted their opportunities by both law and custom."
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 136, no. 1, January 2012.Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v. 136, no. 1
