THE PHILADELPHIA NEGRO
A Social Study
W.E.B. DUBOIS
With a new Introduction by
ELIJAH ANDERSON
Together with a Special Report on
Domestic Service by
ISABEL EATON
PENN
University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia
Originally published in 1899 by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
Reprint edition copyright © 1996 by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
U.S. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.
The Philadelphia Negro : a social study / with a new introduction by Elijah Anderson ; together with a special report on domestic service by Isabel Eaton.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8122-1573-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Afro-Americans—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia. 2. Domestics— Pennsylvania—Philadelphia. 3. Philadelphia (Pa.) — Social conditions. I. Title.
F189.9.N4D8 1995
974.8'1100496073—dc2o
95–24367
CIP
Second paperback printing 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction to the 1996 Edition by Elijah Anderson
Chapter I. The Scope of This Study
3. The credibility of the results
4. The Negro problems of Philadelphia
Chapter III. The Negro in Philadelphia, 1638-1820
7. The transplanting of the Negro, 1638-1760
9. The rise of the freedmen, 1780-1820
Chapter IV. The Negro in Philadelphia, 1820-1896
10. Fugitives and foreigners, 1820-1840
11. 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
Chapter VI. Conjugal Condition
Chapter VII. Sources of the Negro Population
Chapter VIII. Education and Illiteracy
19. The history of Negro education
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