Contents

SERIES INTRODUCTION: THE BLACK LETTERS ON THE SIGN

INTRODUCTION

       I. THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY

  1. General Aim

  2. The Methods of Inquiry

  3. The Credibility of the Results

      II. THE PROBLEM

  4. The Negro Problems of Philadelphia

  5. Plan of Presentment

     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

     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

      V. THE SIZE, AGE AND SEX OF THE NEGRO POPULATION

13. The City for a Century

14. The Seventh Ward, 1896

     VI. CONJUGAL CONDITION

15. The Seventh Ward

16. The City

    VII. SOURCES OF THE NEGRO POPULATION

17. The Seventh Ward

18. The City

   VIII. EDUCATION AND ILLITERACY

19. The History of Negro Education

20. The Present Condition

     IX. THE OCCUPATIONS 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

      X. THE HEALTH OF NEGROES

25. The Interpretation of Statistics

26. The Statistics of the City

     XI. THE NEGRO FAMILY

27. The Size of the Family

28. Incomes

29. Property

30. Family Life

    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 Co-operative Business

35. Institutions

36. The Experiment of Organization

   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

   XIV. PAUPERISM AND ALCOHOLISM

41. Pauperism

42. The Drink Habit

43. The Causes of Crime and Poverty

    XV. THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE NEGRO

44. Houses and Rent

45. Sections and Wards

46. Social Classes and Amusements

  XVI. THE CONTACT OF THE RACES

47. Color Prejudice

48. Benevolence

49. The Intermarriage of the Races

 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

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

INDEX

WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS: A CHRONOLOGY

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

MAPS

  I. Map of Seventh Ward, showing streets and political divisions

 II. Map of Seventh Ward, showing distribution of Negro inhabitants throughout the ward, and their social condition

Notes