Editorial note — Chapter IV · ToC
Reading edition
[A] Eleventh Census, Part ii, Population, p. 704. Occupations for Negroes in 1890 are approximately accurate as Chinese, etc., made up less than 10 per cent. of the total Colored population. Twelfth Census, Special Rep., Table 43, Occupations, pp. 634-640.
[B] In 1890 occupation marked only "servants."
[C] Includes livery-stable keepers in 1890.
[D] Messengers, packers, and porters, etc., classed together in 1890.
[E] 1900, "servants and waitresses;" 1890, "servants."
[F] Includes clerks, etc., in 1890.