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Benezet House Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-010
Abstract The Benezet House Association, Philadelphia, Pa., was formed in 1917 to assist and educate the City's poor African American and immigrant residents. It was created by the merger of the Joseph Sturge Mission School, a First Day school for African Americans founded in 1865; Anthony Benezet School, founded in 1795 as the School for Black People and their Descendants (also known as the Raspberry Street School); and Western District Colored School, founded 1848 under the care of Twelfth Street...
Dates: 1846-1945

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  • Subject: Quakers -- Pennsylvania X
  • Subject: Quakers -- Pennsylvania X
  • Subject: Charities -- Pennsylvania X
  • Subject: African Americans -- Education -- Pennsylvania X
  • Subject: Poor -- Services for -- Pennsylvania X