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December 10, 2025 – Announcing the release of a new paperback book co-authored by Dianna Penny and Iowa City historian Marybeth Slonneger…
PENNY’S HILL: A FAMILY STORY ABOUT AN ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY, UNEASE IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, AND EVENTUAL ARRIVAL OF THE PENNY FAMILY TO IOWA CITY.
Author Marybeth Slonneger and activist Dianna Penny trace the history of the Penny family, from Henry Penny’s miraculous escape from slavery to his grandson Fred Penny’s 36-year ministerial position at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Iowa City from 1958-1994.
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NOTE THAT ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF PENNY’S HILL WILL GO DIRECTLY TO BETHEL AME CHURCH IN IOWA CITY.
Marybeth Slonneger is long-time resident of Iowa City and author of numerous books focusing on Johnson County history including What Was – What Remains: A Celebration of Iowa City’s Domestic Architecture (2024), Remembrance Park (2022), Finials: A View of Downtown Iowa City (2015), Wetherby’s Gallery: Paintings, Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes of an Artist (2012), The Burg: A Writers’ Diner (2011), and Small But Ours: Images and Stories from a Nineteenth Century Bohemian Neighborhood (1999).
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