Slavery & Abolition in the US
Select Publications of the 1800s
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Society of Friends
Society of Friends. Statistical Inquiry into the Condition of the People of Colour, of the City and Districts of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Kite & Walton, 1849.
The result of a census taken by members of the Society of Friends in 1847, this work provides an examination of the socioeconomic situation of African Americans living in Philadelphia in the mid-1800s.
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