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200 10$aAngels of mercy $ewhite women and the history of New York's Colored Orphan Asylum /$fWilliam Seraile
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aNew York $cEmpire State Editions$dc2011
215   $a1 online resource (301 p.)
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300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Angels of Mercy; Introduction; The Early Years, 1836-42; Fifth Avenue: Growth and Progress, 1843-54; Disaster and Rebirth, 1855-63; Harlem, 1864-83; Harlem, 1884-1906; New Start in Riverdale, 1907-22; Riverdale: Trials and Tribulations, 1923-36; From the Colored Orphan Asylum to the Riverdale Children's Association, 1937-46; Conclusion; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index
330   $aWilliam 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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