8vo. (Closed tear to title-page, archivally mended, inked numeral on title.) Disbound, remnants of backstrip present.

FIRST EDITION, of the second census of Philadelphia's Free Black community. Conducted in 1847 by the Society of Friends, and published by them with "the conviction that it presents, so far as it goes, a faithful picture of the condition of our people of colour - a picture which should inspire them with hope and confidence in the future, and encourage their friends to persevere in their efforts to remove the distress and degradation which prevail among a portion of them, most of which can be distinctly traced to the evil influences of slavery." (from the preface). Library Company of Philadelphia, Negro History 158; Sabin 62289.