There was also apparently an attempt to topple the statue of the abolitionist:

Rioters in Philly deface a statue of Matthias Baldwin, an early abolitionist who fought against slavery 30 years before it ended.

Baldwin, born in 1795, moved to Philadelphia from his birthplace of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, at 16 years old. Originally trained as a jeweler, he went on to become a manufacturer and inventor, starting his own company, Baldwin Locomotive Works.

The 19th century entrepreneur, whose plant built more than 1,500 locomotives, not only argued against slavery and for the right of black Americans to vote, but also used his own, personal income to pay for the education of black children.

"He hired blacks in his shops when that was not the norm," said Joe Walsh, a member of the Friends of Matthias Baldwin Park, in an email to National Review. "He was BLM [Black Lives Matter] before there was a slogan"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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