Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. Introduction to the 1996 Edition by Elijah Anderson ix
4. Chapter I. The Scope of This Study 1
5. Chapter II. The Problem 5
6. Chapter III. The Negro in Philadelphia, 1638-1820 10
7. Chapter IV. The Negro in Philadelphia, 1820-1896 25
8. Chapter V.The Size, Age and Sex of the Negro Population 46
9. Chapter VI. Conjugal Condition 66
10. Chapter VII. Sources of the Negro Population 73
11. Chapter VIII. Education and Illiteracy 83
12. Chapter IX. The Occupation of Negroes 97
13. Chapter X. The Health of Negroes 147
14. Chapter XI. The Negro Family 164
15. Chapter XII. The Organized Life of Negroes 197
16. Chapter XIII. The Negro Criminal 235
17. Chapter XIV. Pauperism and Alcoholism 269
18. Chapter XV. The Environment of the Negro 287
19. Chapter XVI. The Contact of the Races 322
20. Chapter XVII. Negro Suffrage 368
21. Chapter XVIII. A Final Word 385
22. APPENDICES 399
23. SPECIAL REPORT ON NEGRO DOMESTIC SERVICE IN THE SEVENTH WARD 424
24. INDEX 511