Excerpt from 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 Committee of Thepennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, &C
As the agents were confined in their visits to the houses of the colored population, the above number of individuals is in dependent of those who may be at service in white families, which may account, to those who refer to the census of 1830, for an apparent decrease; that census allotting to those dis tricts colored persons. The Committee, feeling some anxiety to test the accuracy of the numbers reported by the agents, resorted to the following reasoning and calculations on the subject, which to them appear satisfactory and conclusive. Hythe United States census of1820, it is stated, that there were in the city and liberties of Philadelphia colored per sons, of whom were then ascertained (by an active member of this Society, since deceased) to be inmates of colored families, and residing in other families. The increase of colored persons in this city and districts, between 1820 and 1830, was, according to the last census, about 37 per cent.; at the same ratio, the increase since 1830, for the eight years, would be about 30 per cent., making a total aug mentation at the present time of 67 per cent., which will give the total number of persons in colored families being but 823 persons less than that ascertained by the agents - a diflerence so small, under the circumstances, as to afford to the Committee strong evidence of the accuracy of their report.
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