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Our Colored Population and Food Adulteration Debate
The late census report notes growth in the black population but at a slower rate than whites since 1700. It traces slavery, migration to the countryside, crime and education trends, and urges reform in food honesty while highlighting Wilfrid Smith’s murder by tramps in Newark, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
United States
Henry Garnett
Africa
Gulf States
South Atlantic
Agricultural Department
Obilaren
Avery
Wilfrid Smith
Newark