2016
DOI: 10.1017/ssh.2016.27
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BeforeThe Philadelphia Negro: Residential Segregation in a Nineteenth-Century Northern City

Abstract: Although some scholars treat racial residential segregation in Northern cities as a twentieth-century phenomenon, recent research on New York and Chicago has shown that black-white segregation was already high and rising by 1880. We draw on data from the Philadelphia Social History Project and other new sources to study trends in this city as far back as 1850 and extending to 1900, a time when DuBois had completed his epic study of The Philadelphia Negro. Segregation of “free Negroes” in Philadelphia was high … Show more

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“…These findings are not unique to the South. They mirror results for major Northern cities in the same period that had much smaller black populations and a very different slavery history (on New York and Chicago see Logan, Zhang and Chunyu [2015], on Philadelphia, Logan and Bellman [2016]). …”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 54%
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“…These findings are not unique to the South. They mirror results for major Northern cities in the same period that had much smaller black populations and a very different slavery history (on New York and Chicago see Logan, Zhang and Chunyu [2015], on Philadelphia, Logan and Bellman [2016]). …”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 54%
“…A similar configuration has been identified in Philadelphia’s historically black Center City area in 1880 (Logan and Bellman 2016). Here there are some predominantly black alleys similar to Washington, but more prominent are short streets, running for as many as five blocks.…”
Section: Spatial Scales and Spatial Configurationssupporting
confidence: 65%
“…On the street level, this area is highly segregated since most streets are almost entirely one race. This finding matches findings similar to those of Logan and Bellman (2016), that black and white populations live in close proximity but not on the same streets. However, while individuals may live on a racially isolated street, they do not walk by that many people before encountering someone of a different race.…”
Section: Investigating Detailed Patterns With Point Datasupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Through gerrymandering, the population and racial composition of an area may look very different depending on how the boundaries are drawn (Duncan and Duncan 1955). When studied at the incorrect scale, segregation often becomes invisible, and it is therefore impossible to understand the mechanisms at play (Amrhein and Flowerdew 1992; Logan and Bellman 2016; Reardon et al 2009). For these reasons, the MAUP is a real problem that brings into question the ability of area-level measures to produce consistent results.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
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