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Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, Annual Reports
Report of the Executive Board of Friends' Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, Read at the Meeting of the Association
Yearly reports printed for annual meeting of the association. Largely consist of narrative accounts of the freedmen's progress, drawn from letters sent by teachers who operated colored schools under the care of the association. Most years, a list of the society's officers, the treasurer's report, accounts of donations received in cash and goods, and an overview of distributions made were also included.
1864 - 1871
192 p. ; 22 cm.
reformatted digital
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The Women's Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Freedmen was founded in 1862 to provide charitable assistance to recently freed slaves. Many Quakers were involved in this organization, but it was not until the following year that a similar group that was officially affiliated with the Society of Friends emerged. The Friends Association of Philadelphia and its Vicinity for the Relief of Colored Freedmen, was founded by Orthodox Quaker men in 1863. Soon after, in 1864, an equivalent group was established by Hicksite Quakers of both sexes: the Friends' Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen (amended to the more precise "Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen"), which incorporated the Women's Association in 1865. It is unclear when this association closed, but it was in existence at least as late as 1872. Its Orthodox counterpart, renamed Friends' Freedmen's Association circa 1873, continued to operate in various capacities--most recently as a scholarship fund--until it was dissolved in 1982.
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opening schools for them, and therefore cannot hope these schools will
be supported by other aid than yours.
**Sincerely your Friend,
(Signed), CORNELIA HANCOCK,
*¢ Box 262, Charleston, S. C.”
All the schools at and near Manasses are doing well. 8, J.
R. Witson, the teacher at Dumfries, remarks:
‘**The school is prospering finely, very little is wanting to make
it permanent, every appearance indicates success.’
Lavinia CuaAse adds to her report:
‘‘There is a gradual falling off in the number of scholars as the
season advances ; many are obliged to leave school and go to work.
We have a Sunday school—the weather has been unfavorable for it so
far this spring. But the children seem anxious to attend, and no
doubt we shall have a full attendance now that the weather is warm.”?
Dantet Stewart, also at Manasses, forwards a good re-
port, with 37 pupils on the roll; all read, and all write except
four.
Katie Nicuors, of School No. 3, has 25 scholars, all of
whom read except four.
Oxrve L. Grant continues his faithful exertions as formerly
in behalf of the school now located at Gainsville.
CauistA Baker, writes from “ Frying Pan,” Fairfax Co., Va.:
‘* The colored people here received three hundred dollars from the
Freedman’s Bureau last fall to build a school house, which was just
enough to buy the timber, the windows and door. They hewed all
the /umber themselves for the frames, and drew the lumber from
Herndon.
‘* The house is 20x30 feet, and standsin nearly the same place the
old one did, It has three large windows on each side, but yet re-
mains without plastering. The colored people havea deed for the
school-house site, which is to belong to them as long as it is used for
a school and place of worship.”
We believe the following comprehensive review of the prac-
tical workings of one of the departments of our Government,
that Friends ever looked upon as of almost inestimable value,
is well worth republication here:
From the Pall Mali Gazette.
THE “FREEDMEN’S BUREAU” IN THE UNITED STATES.
The annual report of the United States Secretary of War, dated
November 20th, 1869, contains, among other valuable papers, a re-
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