Comments on: Philadelphia Negro (The) https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/philadelphia-negro-the/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=philadelphia-negro-the Connecting the Past with the Present, Building Community, Creating a Legacy Sun, 11 Feb 2024 01:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Christopher Densmore https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/philadelphia-negro-the/comment-page-1/#comment-93882 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:02:11 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=5314#comment-93882 A possible model for the DuBois study is The Present State and Condition of the Free People of Color of the City of Philadelphia (1838) produced by the Pennsylvania Abolition Society from the detailed research and surveys of a committee headed by Dr. Joseph Parrish, then President of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.

The committee surveyed every African-American household in Philadelphia, noting about fifty pieces of data including name, occupation, educational status, pay, house ownership or rental, size of living place for a picture of the population which was far more detailed than census records of the time.

One of Joseph Parrish’s daughters was Susanna Dillwyn Parrish, later married to Rodman Parrish. One of her daughters was Susan Parrish Wharton, the person most responsible for bringing W.E. B. DuBois to Philadelphia. Susan Parrish Wharton was therefore the granddaughter of Joseph Parrish, head of the 1837-1838 study. She was also the sister of Dillwyn Parrish, who was a long-time president (as his father had been) of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and sister of Edward Parrish, an Abolition Society member and the first President of Swarthmore College. All Quakers.

Both Susanna Dillwyn Parrish (1827-1915) and Susan Parrish Wharton (1845-1921?) were founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Christopher Densmore, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

]]> By: Bob Skiba https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/philadelphia-negro-the/comment-page-1/#comment-92621 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:31:15 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=5314#comment-92621 The amount of data that Du Bois and Eaton logged and analyzed by hand is astounding. I live in the heart of the old Seventh Ward and walk by the wonderful mural honoring them on the fire station on South and Sixth Streets every day. I never fail to look up and reflect on Du Bois’ monumental achievement.

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