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

SPECIAL REPORT

ON

NEGRO DOMESTIC SERVICE

IN THE SEVENTH WARD

PHILADELPHIA

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BY

ISABEL EATON, M. A.
Fellow of the College Settlements Association

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