Special Report on Negro Domestic Service in the Seventh Ward Philadelphia


Read by Jim Locke

This paper is an attempt to give the most accurate facts obtainable bearing upon the question of colored domestic service in Philadelphia. (Summary by the author) (2 hr 22 min)

Chapters

Introduction 6:36 Read by Jim Locke
Enumeration of Negro Domestic Servants 8:32 Read by Jim Locke
Sources of the Supply and Methods of Hiring 9:23 Read by Jim Locke
Grades of Services and Wages 21:15 Read by Jim Locke
Savings and Expenditure 14:43 Read by Jim Locke
Amusements and Recreations 22:22 Read by Jim Locke
Length and Quality of Domestic Service 26:21 Read by Jim Locke
Conjugal Condition, Illiteracy, and Health of Negro Domestics 9:26 Read by Jim Locke
Ideals of Betterment 24:07 Read by Jim Locke