AfriGeneas Books~Authors~Reviews Forum Black Minqua The Life and
Times of Henry Green Black Minqua is the story of a community of
Free Blacks who settled in an area now known as the Welsh
Mountains. Over generations the inhabitants of the Mountains
were isolated from those in the surrounding Valley. The
settlement of People of Color was looked on with disdain by the
surrounding community of whites. The settlement started in the
late 1600's when Thomas Green I purchased land in the Pequea
Valley from Benjamin Franklin. The Land was Warranted Land
passed out to those willing to clear and settle in the Valley.
Over 16,000 acres were set aside for Natives in the area. It is
believed that the Greens were some of the Natives who received
Land. Henry Green left his footprint in history when he
participated in a revolt called the, Christiana Resistance and
in the Civil War. Left out of the History of this region is that
the Mountains were a passage on the Underground Railroad. Part
of the secrecy and distrust of outs