The Philadelphia Negro (The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois)

Series Introduction: The Black Letters on the Sign Introduction I: The Scope of the 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 Negros 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 Negros 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 Negros 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