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Book/Printed Material Statistics of the colored people of Philadelphia

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[ Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection copy ]

About this Item

Title

  • Statistics of the colored people of Philadelphia

Summary

  • Statistics on African American education (history, enrollment, and physical facilities of various types of schools for blacks in 1854), adult literacy and occupations, crime and criminals from 1835 to mid-1850s, etc., collected to establish a benchmark by which to judge further improvements in condition of Philadelphia's African Americans.

Names

  • Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. Board of Education.
  • Bacon, Benjamin C.
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Reprinted by order of the Board of Education, 1859.

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Statistics

Notes

  • -  First published 1856.

Medium

  • 24 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E185.93.P41 P44
  • E449 .D16 vol. 16, no. 20 Another copy.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 12014691

OCLC Number

  • 9751169

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Pennsylvania Society For Promoting The Abolition Of Slavery. Board Of Education, Benjamin C Bacon, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Statistics of the colored people of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Reprinted by order of the Board of Education, 1859. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/12014691/.

APA citation style:

Pennsylvania Society For Promoting The Abolition Of Slavery. Board Of Education, Bacon, B. C. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1859) Statistics of the colored people of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Reprinted by order of the Board of Education. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/12014691/.

MLA citation style:

Pennsylvania Society For Promoting The Abolition Of Slavery. Board Of Education, Benjamin C Bacon, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Statistics of the colored people of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Reprinted by order of the Board of Education, 1859. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/12014691/>.