Statistics of the colored people of Philadelphia
By: Taken by Benjamin C. Bacon, and published by order of the Board of Education of "The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc
Contributors: Bacon, Benjamin C.; Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 2d ed.
Publisher: Reprinted by order of the Board of Education
Published: 1859
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Statistics; African Americans
Description: 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.
Notes: First published 1856.

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