Society of Friends African American charities collection, 1770-1945 [microform].

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Society of Friends African American charities collection, 1770-1945 [microform].

Collection consists mostly of minutes pertaining to charities supported by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends for the benefit of African Americans.

5 microfilm reels.

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Home for the Moral Reform of Destitute Colored Children (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Friends' Freedmen's Association

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Organization of Philadelphia Quakers founded 1863 as Friends' Association of Philadelphia and Its Vicinity, for the Relief of Colored Freedmen; purpose was to provide relief and education to freed slaves during and after the Civil War; name changed ca. 1873. From the description of Records, 1863-1978. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 26626033 ...

Joseph Sturge Mission School (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Quaker organization founded in 1865 in Philadelphia to educate black children. Housed in the Locust Street Mission building. From the description of Minutes [microform] : Officers Meeting, 1882-1913. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 43575153 ...

Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Female Black School (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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School for Black People (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Association of Friends for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons

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Quaker organization operating a charity school for black adults. Established in Philadelphia in 1789 as a Society for the Free Instruction of orderly Blacks and People of Color," the organization provided free adult education for African Americans until 1904. It wasbriefly suspended from 1822-31 but was reorganized in 1832 as the Association for the Free Instruction of Adult Colored Persons. The AFFIACP ran both evening schools and First-day afternoon schools at several ...

Locust Street Mission Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Quaker organization begun in 1863 to build and manage the school building that housed the Joseph Sturge Mission School and the Swarthmore Mission First Day School. [Friends' review ; v. 18, no. 43, 1865] Known as: Swarthmore Mission Association (until 10th Mo. 21st 1863); then as: Locust Street Mission Association (11th mo. 19th 1863-1945). From the description of Minutes, [microform] 1863-1945. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 43497313 ...

Benezet House Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Quaker organization founded in 1917 to assist and educate the city's poor blacks and immigrants. From the description of Records, 1846-1945. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 26714183 ...

Beehive School for Colored Children (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Quaker organization founded in 1865 to educate the city's black children in sewing and knitting. Housed in the Locust Street Mission building, also known as the Beehive Sewing School. From the description of Minutes, [microform] [1865-1888]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 43520958 ...

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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Mount Holly Monthly Meeting was established in 1776 by Burlington Quarterly Meeting out of Burlington Monthly Meeting. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the Meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Orthodox Meeting was discontinued in 1828 ; its members were transferred to Burlington Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). Mount Holly Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), which reunited with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1955, was the forerunner of the cu...