(PHILADELPHIA BLACKS.) The Present State and Condition of the Free People of Color of Philadelphia, and Adjoining Districts as Exhibited by the Report of a Committee of the Pennnsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slaver y. Read First

(PHILADELPHIA BLACKS.) The Present State and Condition of the Free People of Color of Philadelphia, and Adjoining Districts as Exhibited by the Report of a Committee of the Pennnsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slaver y. Read First Month. (Jan.) 5th, 1838. 20 pages. 8vo, lacks wrappers(?) and stitching; one staple; untrimmed wide-margin copy. Philadelphia: Published by the Society, 1838 E500/750 FIRST EDITION. The earliest statistical study of any portion of black population of any U.S. city. A second study followed in 1849 (LCP, 158, A Statistical Inquiry into the Condition of the People of Colour of the City and Districts of Philadelphia.) The last and most detailed study was Bacon's Statistics 1856 (see next lot). Not in Blockson or Schomburg Collections; Sabin 62072; LCP, 160. [SEE ILLUSTRATION OVERLEAF]