Angels of Mercy.
William Seraile uncovers the history of the colored orphan asylum, founded in New York City in 1836 as the nation's first orphanage for African American children. It is a remarkable institution that is still in the forefront aiding children. Although no longer an orphanage, in its current incar...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bronx :
Fordham University Press,
2011.
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| Summary: | William Seraile uncovers the history of the colored orphan asylum, founded in New York City in 1836 as the nation's first orphanage for African American children. It is a remarkable institution that is still in the forefront aiding children. Although no longer an orphanage, in its current incarnation as Harlem-Dowling West Side Center for Children and Family Services it maintains the principles of the women who organized it nearly 200 years ago. The agency weathered three wars, two major financial panics, a devastating fire during the 1863 Draft Riots, several epidemics, waves of racial prejud. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780823249275 0823249271 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |