Angels of Mercy: White Women and the History of New York's Colored Orphan Asylum

by William Seraile

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823251950
• ISBN13: 9780823251957
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.7"