Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys (Cheyney, Pa.)

Founded in 1855 in Philadelphia, Pa., as Home for Destitute Colored Children, a Quaker women's charity which provided shelter and education for black children (generally boys) and then placed them with private families (at one point as apprentices); name changed in 1922 when home was moved to Cheyney, Pa.

From the description of Records, 1855-1956. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 26888704

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