The Pythians were Philadelphia's first black baseball club, in the mid-1800s. They had their headquarters here, in what was Liberty Hall, a building belonging to the Institute for Colored Youth. There is a great article on them at http://www.philaplace.org/story/67/.
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The Pythians were Philadelphia's first black baseball club, in the mid-1800s. They had their headquarters here, in what was Liberty Hall, a building belonging to the Institute for Colored Youth. There is a great article on them at http://www.philaplace.org/story/67/.