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The Philadelphia Negro
A Social Study
Table of Contents
The Philadelphia Negro
Chapter I: The Scope of This Study
1: General Aim
2: The Methods of Inquiry
3: The Credibility of the Results
Chapter II: The Problem
4: The Negro Problems of Philadelphia
5: The Plan of Presentment
Chapter III: The Negro in Philadelphia, 1638-1820
6: General Survey
7: The Transplanting of the Negro, 1638-1760
8: Emancipation, 1760-1780
9: The Rise of the Freedmen, 1780-1820
Chapter IV: The Negro in Philadelphia, 1820-1896
10: Fugitives and Foreigners, 1820-1840
11: The Guild of the Caterers, 1840-1870
12: The Influx of the Freedmen, 1870-1896
Chapter V: The Size, Age and Sex of the Negro Population
13: The City for a Century
14: The Seventh Ward, 1896
Chapter VI: Conjugal Condition
15: The Seventh Ward
16: The city
Chapter VII: Sources of the Negro Population
17: The Seventh Ward
18: The City
Chapter VIII: Education and Illiteracy
19: The History of Negro Education
20: The Present Condition
Chapter IX: The Occupation of Negroes
21: The Question of Earning a Living
22: Occupations in the Seventh Ward
23: Occupations in the City
24: History of the Occupations of Negroes
Chapter X: The Health of Negroes
25: The Interpretation of Statistics
26: The Statistics of the City
Chapter XI: The Negro Family
27: The Size of the Family
28: Incomes
29: Property
30: Family Life
Chapter XII: The Organized Life of Negroes
31: History of the Negro Church in Philadelphia
32: The Function of the Negro Church
33: The Present Condition of the Churches
34: Secret and Beneficial Societies and Cooperative Business
35: Institutions
36: The Experiment of Organization
Chapter XIII: The Negro Criminal
37: History of Negro Crime in the City
38: Negro Crime Since the War
39: A Special Study in Crime
40: Some Cases of Crime
Chapter XIV Pauperism and Alcoholism
41: Pauperism
42: The Drink Habit
43: The Causes of Crime and Poverty
Chapter XV The Environment of the Negro
44: Houses and Rent
45: Sections and Wards
46: Social Classes and Amusements
Chapter XVI: The Contact of the Races
47: Color Prejudice
48: Benevolence
49: The Intermarriage of the Races
Chapter XVII: Negro Suffrage
50: The Significance of the Experiment
51: The History of Negro Suffrage in Pennsylvania
52: City Politics
53: Some Bad Results of Negro Suffrage
54: Some Good Results of Negro Suffrage
55: The Paradox of Reform
Chapter XVIII: A Final Word
56: The Meaning of all This
57: The Duty of the Negroes
58: The Duty of the Whites
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
Historical Note by Tera Hunter
I: Introduction
II: Enumeration of Negro Domestic Servants
Recent Reform in Domestic Service
Enumeration
III: Sources of the Supply and Methods of Hiring
Methods of Hiring
Personnel of Colored Domestic Service
IV: Grades of Service and Wages
Work Required of Various Sub-Occupations
V: Savings and Expenditure
Assistance Given by Domestic Servants
Summary
VI: Amusements and Recreations
VII: Length and Quality of Negro Domestic Service
VIII: Conjugal Condition, Illiteracy and Health of Negro Domestics
Conjugal Condition
Health Statistics for Domestic Servants
IX: Ideals of Betterment
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