Problem
Tomek argues that in order to understand the burning of Pennsylvania Hall and the long-term significance of the burning, readers must look at three factors: (i) the hostility of white Philadelphia residents to free blacks and abolitionists, (ii) the divisions within the abolitionist movement at the time Pennsylvania Hall was attacked, and (iii) the surprising ways in which abolitionists used the burning of Pennsylvania Hall to strengthen their movement. Write a letter addressed to a present-day local newspaper that explains the burning of Pennsylvania Hall using these three factors. In the final paragraph of your letter, please explain why it is important for today's Americans not to forget this event.