Angels of Mercy : : White Women and the History of New York's Colored Orphan Asylum / / William Seraile.
William 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 incarnatio...
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Seraile, William, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Angels of Mercy : White Women and the History of New York's Colored Orphan Asylum / William Seraile. New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource (220 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Early Years, 1836–42 -- 2 Fifth Avenue: Growth and Progress, 1843–54 -- 3 Disaster and Rebirth, 1855–63 -- 4 Harlem, 1864–83 -- 5 Harlem, 1884–1906 -- 6 New Start in Riverdale, 1907–22 -- 7 Riverdale: Trials and Tribulations, 1923–36 -- 8 From the Colored Orphan Asylum to the Riverdale Children’s Association, 1937–46 -- Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star William 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 prejudice, and severe financial difficulties to care for orphaned, neglected, and delinquent children. Eventually financial support would come from some of New York’s finest families, including the Jays, Murrays, Roosevelts, Macys, and Astors.While the white female managers and their male advisers were dedicated to uplifting these black children, the evangelical, mainly Quaker founding managers also exhibited the extreme paternalistic views endemic at the time, accepting the advice or support of the African American community only grudgingly. It was frank criticism in 1913 from W. E. B. Du Bois that highlighted the conflict between the orphanage and the community it served, and it wasn’t until 1939 that it hired the first black trustee.More than 15,000 children were raised in the orphanage, and throughout its history letters and visits have revealed that hundreds if not thousands of “old boys and girls” looked back with admiration and respect at the home that nurtured them throughout their formative years.Weaving together African American history with a unique history of New York City, this is not only a painstaking study of a previously unsung institution of black history but a unique window onto complex racial dynamics during a period when many failed to recognize equality among all citizens as a worthy purpose. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023) American literature. American poetry. African American Studies. History. Race & Ethnic Studies. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA). bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 9783111189604 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110707298 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823241620?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823241620 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823241620/original |
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