The Philadelphia Negro a social study /

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Electronic resource from Adam Matthew Digital Collections
Main Author:	Du Bois, W. E. B. 1868-1963.
Other Authors:	Eaton, Isabel.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Published for the University [by] Ginn & Co., 1899.
Series:	Publications of the University of Pennsylvania. Series in political economy and public law ; no. 14. American history, 1493-1945.
Subjects:	1800-1899 African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social life and customs > 19th century. African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Social conditions > 19th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Social conditions > 19th century. Philadelphia (Pa.) > Race relations > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

The scope of this study
The problem
The Negro in Philadelphia, 1638-1820
The Negro in Philadelphia, 1820-1896
The size, age and sex of the Negro population
Conjugal condition
Sources of the Negro population
Education and illiteracy
The occupations of Negroes
The health of Negroes
The Negro family
The organized life of Negroes
The Negro criminal
Pauperism and alcoholism
The environment of the Negro
The contact of the races
Negro suffrage
A final word
Appendix A. Schedules used in the House-to-House Inquiry
Appendix B. Legislation, etc., of Pennsylvania in regard to the Negro
Appendix C. Bibliography
Special report on Negro domestic service in the seventh ward, Philadelphia / by Isabel Eaton.

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