CLARKE, J.F. _Present Condition of the Free Colored People of the United States._ (New York and Boston, the American Antislavery Society, 1859.) Published also in the March number of the _Christian Examiner_.

_Condition of the Free People of Color in Ohio._ With interesting anecdotes. (Boston, 1839.)

_Inst.i.tute for Colored Youth._ (Philadelphia, 1860-1865.) Contains a list of the officers and students.

_Report of the Condition of the Colored People of Cincinnati, 1835._ (Cincinnati, 1835.)

_Report of a Committee of the Pennsylvania Society of Abolition on Present Condition of the Colored People, etc._, 1838. (Philadelphia, 1838.)

_Statistical Inquiry into the Condition of the People of Color of the City and Districts of Philadelphia._ (Philadelphia, 1849.) _Statistics of the Colored People of Philadelphia in 1859_, compiled by Benj. C.

Bacon. (Philadelphia, 1859.)

_Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1898._ Prepared by the Bureau of Statistics. (Washington, D.C., 1899.)

_Statistical View of the Population of the United States, A_, 1790-1830. (Published by the Department of State in 1835.)

_The Present State and Condition of the Free People of Color of the city of Philadelphia and adjoining districts as exhibited by the Report of a Committee of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery._ Read First Month (January), 5th, 1838.

(Philadelphia, 1838.)

_Trades of the Colored People._ (Philadelphia, 1838.)

United States Censuses of 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860.

VARLE, CHARLES. _A Complete View of Baltimore_; with a Statistical Sketch of all the Commercial, Mercantile, Manufacturing, Literary, Scientific Inst.i.tutions and Establishments in the same Vicinity ...

derived from personal Observation and Research. (Baltimore, 1833.)

CHURCH REPORTS

_A Brief Statement of the Rise and Progress of the Testimony of Friends against Slavery and the Slave Trade._ Published by direction of the Yearly Meeting held in Philadelphia in the Fourth Month, 1843.

Shows the action taken by various Friends to educate the Negroes.

_A Collection of the Acts, Deliverances, and Testimonies of the Supreme Judicatory of the Presbyterian Church, from its Origin in America to the Present Time._ By Samuel J. Baird. (Philadelphia, 1856.)

_Acts and Proceedings of the General a.s.sembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America in the Year 1800._ (Philadelphia, 1800.) The question of instructing the Negroes came up in this meeting.

PASCOE, C.F. _Cla.s.sified Digest of the Records of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1701-1892, with much Supplementary Information._ (London, 1893.) A good source for the accounts of the efforts of this organization among Negroes.

"Minutes of the Methodist Conference, 1785." Found in Rev. Charles Elliott's _History of the Great Secession from the Methodist Episcopal Church_, etc. This conference discussed the education of the colored people.

REPORTS OF THE AMERICAN CONVENTION, 1794-1831

American Convention of Abolition Societies. _Minutes of the Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies established in different Parts of the United States, a.s.sembled at Philadelphia on the first Day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, and continued by Adjournments, until the seventh Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1794.)

--_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Second Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies established in different Parts of the United States, a.s.sembled at Philadelphia on the seventh Day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, and continued by Adjournments until the fourteenth Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1795.)

--_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Third Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies established in different Parts of the United States, a.s.sembled at Philadelphia on the first Day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and continued, by Adjournments, until the seventh Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1796.)

--_Address to Free Africans and other Free People of Colour in the United States._ (1796.)

--_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Fourth Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies established in different Parts of the United States, a.s.sembled at Philadelphia on the third Day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and continued by Adjournments, until the ninth Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1797.)

--_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Fifth Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies established in different Parts of the United States, a.s.sembled at Philadelphia on the first Day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and continued, by Adjournments, until the sixth Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1798.)

American Convention of Abolition Societies. _Minutes of the Proceedings of the Sixth Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies established in different parts of the United States, a.s.sembled at Philadelphia, on the fourth Day of June, one thousand eight hundred, and continued by Adjournments, until the sixth Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1800.)

--_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Seventh Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies established in different parts of the United States, a.s.sembled at Philadelphia on the third Day of June, one thousand eight hundred and one, and continued by Adjournments until the sixth Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1801.)

--_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Eighth Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies established in different parts of the United States, a.s.sembled at Philadelphia, on the tenth Day of January, one thousand eight hundred and three, and continued by Adjournments until the fourteenth Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1803.)

--_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Ninth American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery and improving the Condition of the African Race; a.s.sembled at Philadelphia on the ninth Day of January, one thousand eight hundred and four, and continued by Adjournments until the thirteenth Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1804.)

--_Address of the American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery and improving the Condition of the African Race, a.s.sembled at Philadelphia, in January, 1804, to the People of the United States._ (Philadelphia, 1804.)

--_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Tenth American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery and improving the Condition of the African Race; a.s.sembled at Philadelphia on the fourteenth Day of January, one thousand eight hundred and five, and continued by Adjournments until the seventeenth Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1805.)

--_Minutes of the Proceedings of the Eleventh American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery and improving the Condition of the African Race; a.s.sembled at Philadelphia, on the thirteenth Day of January, one thousand eight hundred and six, and continued by Adjournments until the fifteenth Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1806.)

--_Minutes of the Proceedings of a Special Meeting of the Fifteenth American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery and improving the Condition of the African Race; a.s.sembled at Philadelphia on the tenth Day of December, 1818, and continued by Adjournments until the fifteenth Day of the same Month, inclusive._ (Philadelphia, 1818.)

--_Const.i.tution of the American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and improving the Condition of the African Race. Adopted on the eleventh Day of December, 1818, to take effect on the fifth Day of October, 1819._ (Philadelphia, 1819.)

--_Minutes of the Eighteenth Session of the American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and improving the Condition of the African Race. Convened at Philadelphia, on the seventh Day of October, 1823._ (Philadelphia, 1823.)

--_To the Clergy and Pastors throughout the United States._ (Dated Philadelphia, September 18, 1826.)

--_Minutes of the Adjourned Session of the Twentieth Biennial American Convention for promoting the Abolition of Slavery. Held at Baltimore, November 28._ (Philadelphia, 1828.)

REPORTS OF ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETIES

_The Annual Report of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Societies, presented at New York, May 6, 1847, with the Addresses and Resolutions._ (New York, 1847.)

_The Annual Report of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Societies, with the Addresses and Resolutions._ (New York, 1851.)

_The First Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with the Speeches Delivered at the Anniversary Meeting held in Chatham Street Chapel in the City of New York, on the sixth Day of May by Adjournment on the eighth, in the Rev. Dr. Lansing's Church, and the Minutes of the Society for Business._ (New York, 1834.)

_The Second Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society, held in the City of New York, on the twelfth of May, 1835, and the Minutes and Proceedings of the Society for Business._ (New York, 1835.)

_The Third Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with the Speeches delivered at the Anniversary Meeting held in the City of New York on May the tenth, 1836, and Minutes of the Meetings of the Society for Business._ (New York, 1836.)

_The Fourth Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with the Speeches delivered at the Anniversary Meeting held in the City of New York on the ninth of May, 1837._ (New York, 1837.)

_The Fifth Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with the Speeches delivered at the Anniversary Meeting and the Minutes and Proceedings of the Society for Business._ (New York, 1838.)

_The Sixth Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society, with the Speeches delivered at the Anniversary Meeting held in the City of New York, on the seventh Day of May, 1839, and the Minutes of the Meetings of the Society for Business, held on the evenings of the three following days._ (New York, 1839.)

_The Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society by the Executive Committee for the year ending May 1, 1859._ (New York, 1860.)