Statistics of the Colored People of Philadelphia/Chapter 2
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II. SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
1. Schools attached to their own congregations and conducted by their own teachers.
In school at the beginning of the year. | Admitted during the year. | Dismissed or left during the year. | In school at the close of the year. | Teachers at the beginning of the year. | Teachers at the close of the year. | |
First Baptist, corner Eleventh and Pearl streets, | 70 | 24 | 2 | 92 | 10 | 12 |
Union Baptist, Little Pine street above Sixth, | 47 | 14 | 0 | 61 | 8 | 8 |
Shiloh Baptist, corner Clifton and South streets, | 48 | 32 | 1 | 79 | 7 | 8 |
Oak street Baptist, Oak street, West Philadelphia, | 44 | 10 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 8 |
Bethel, Sixth street above Lombard, | 524 | 76 | 97 | 503 | 37 | 27 |
Brick Wesley, Lombard street below Sixth, | 116 | 76 | 65 | 127 | 16 | 23 |
Union, Coates street below York Avenue, | 67 | 147 | 5 | 209 | 7 | 20 |
Little Wesley, Hurst street below Lombard, | 100 | 81 | 87 | 102 | 18 | 6 |
Zoar, Brown street about Fourth, | 80 | 5 | 55 | 30 | 10 | 7 |
Mount Pisgah, Locust st. above Till, West Phila. | 39 | 13 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Israel, corner Fifth and Gaskill streets, | 78 | 15 | 15 | 78 | 10 | 10 |
Frankford, | 57 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 5 |
Holmesburg, | 23 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
Little Wesley Mission, Seventh street below Dickerson, | 50 | 10 | 0 | 60 | 4 | 6 |
Allen Chapel, rear 72 Christian street, | 20 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 5 |
First Presbyterian, Seventh street below Shippen, | 40 | 10 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 4 |
Second Presbyter,do. St. Mary street above Sixth, | 25 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 5 |
Central Presbyteri,do. Lombard street below Ninth, | 66 | 32 | 0 | 98 | 7 | 9 |
St. Thomas, corner Fifth and Adelphi streets, | 183 | 15 | 0 | 198 | 11 | 11 |
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1677 | 577 | 390 | 1882 | 185 | 181 |
2. Schools under the supervision of White Missions and Individuals.
St. Andrew's Church, Phil. Ins., Lombard street above Seventh. Female Department. | 143 | 46 | 34 | 155 | 12 | 12 |
Male Department.do. | 35 | 4 | 4 | |||
Infant School, | 40 | 1 | 1 | |||
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143 | 46 | 34 | 230 | 17 | 17 | |
Ladies Union City Mission, corner Seventh street and Bradford's Alley. Infant School, | 0 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 1 |
Young Men's City Mission, Bedford street below Eighth, | 30 | 35 | 5 | 60 | 3 | 6 |
Family of Morris L. Hallowell, 211 Filbert street, | 42 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 3 |
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215 | 146 | 41 | 395 | 24 | 27 |
The schools connected with the Brick Wesley and Union Methodist Churches were conducted wholly by white teachers from the time they were established till about ten years ago, when they came under their own supervision. Two important objects were gained by this assumption of new duties, viz:—An increased spirit of self reliance in their congregations, and the mental improvement of those employed as teachers.