The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS. Introduction to the 1996 Edition by Elijah Anderson IX THE PHILADELPHIA NEGRO. Chapter I. The Scope of This Study I. 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 II. 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 15 17 25-45 25 32 39 46- 65 46 58 66-7 2 66 70 73- 82 73 80 VI Contents. 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 83-9 6 83 89 97- 14 6 97 99 III 141 147- 163 147 149 164-19 6 164 168 179 192 197- 234 197 201 2°7 221 23° 233 235- 268 235 24° 248 259 269-286 269 277 282 287- 321 287 9.255.162] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 05:38 GMT) Contents. 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 Vll 299 3°9 322-3 67 322 355 358 368-3 84 368 368 372 373 382 383 385-397 385 389 393 400-410 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 425-4 26 427-4 29 43°-434 43° 431 435-443 436 436 Vl11 Contents. 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 INDEX MAPS. 444-455 454 456-4 62 459 462 463-473 474-4 89 490-499 490 495 50 0-5 09 511-5 2 0 I. Map of Seventh Ward, showing streets and political divisions Facing page 60 II. Map of Seventh Ward, showing distribution of Negro inhabitants throughout the ward, and their social condition Facing page 1 ...