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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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Friends Freedmen's Association Records--http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/4024frfr
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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crushed out almost every hope, and, therefore to Friends do
such oftimes instinctively turn for help in their time of need.
But to our work of giying an account of our stewardship
during the past year; for truly we do feel that we have been
stewards in that we have had committed to our care the means
of doing good, (though, we have painfully 10 confess, in too lim-
ited a measure,) and that a higher power than our own finite
wisdom has'constituted us stewards in a still more exalted sense,
by placing before us a field white unto harvest, wherein to labor.
The following is a list of the schools we have had, either
entirely under our care, or to which we have rendered such pe-
cuniary assistance as seenred their maintenance, and without
which they would not have been sustained :
Titles of Schools. Teacher’s Names.
Localities.
Mt. Pisgah, Mary Anderson, (colored) Port Tobacco, Md.
Denton, Rebecea M. Tyler, Denton, Md.
Woodlawn, M. A. Davenger, Acotink, Va.
oer Hannah W. Cox, os
Gum Spring, Hannah V. Gibbs, Gum Spring, Va.
Fairfield, Emma Haslem, Fairfield, Va.
Waldo, F. E. Gauze, Gainsville Fla.
Falls Church, Hannah Jenkins, (colored) Falls Church, Va.
Frying Pan, Calista Baker, Herndon, Va.
Manasses, Lavina Chase, Manasses, Va.
Olive Branch, 0. L. Grant, (colored) "
ft D. L. Stewart, (colored) ms
Chapel Spring, Catherine Nichols, (colored) Ae
Macedonia, Simon J. R. Nelson, “ $c
Mt. Pleasant, Cornelia Hancock, near Charleston, S. C,
" Abby D. Munro, 6 &
Richersville, Isabella Lenair, (colored) “ s
It will be seen from the above schedule, that seven of the
teachers are colored.
‘To the teachers of these schools we have also extended such
advice and encouragement as seemed appropriate, and the
monthly reports received from them have not only kept us ap-
prised of the condition of their respective schools, but have sat-
isfied us of theirfaithfulness and integrity of purpose in the work
in which they have engaged. The obloquy and discourtesy to
which some of these have been subjected, has entitled them to
our warmest sympathies, and we cannot but commend them
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