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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| creatorOf | Sunnycrest Farm for Negro Boys (Cheyney, Pa.). Records, 1855-1956. | Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College |
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| associatedWith | Home for Destitute Colored Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) | corporateBody |
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| Cheyney (Pa.) | |||
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| Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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| Education |
| African American children |
| African Americans |
| African Americans |
| African Americans |
| Apprentices |
| Boys |
| Children |
| Quakers |
| Quakers |
| Quakers |
| Quaker women |
| Quaker women |
| Women in charitable work |
| Youth employment |
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