Table
I
SELECTED
OCCUPATIONS IN BOSTON’S
FREE NEGRO COMMUNITY,
1850
|
Service
Jobs
|
Workers
|
Artisans
|
Small
Business
|
White
Collar
|
|
Waiter
|
57
|
Laborer
|
356
|
Mariner
|
20
|
Trader
|
31
|
Clergy
|
10
|
|
Barber
|
63
|
Seaman
|
157
|
Baker
|
13
|
Grocer
|
9
|
Nurse
|
1
|
|
Hair Dresser
|
32
|
Tender
|
49
|
Carpenter
|
8
|
Clothier
|
35
|
Musician
|
3
|
|
Cook
|
21
|
Domestic
|
15
|
Shoemaker
|
7
|
Bootblack
|
3
|
|
|
|
Porter
|
19
|
Teamster
|
3
|
Cigarmaker
|
4
|
Boarder
|
3
|
|
|
|
Servant
|
6
|
Chimney Sweeper
|
1
|
Printer
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
Launder
|
18
|
|
|
Dressmaker
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tailor
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Milliner
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Furniture maker
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
216
|
|
581
|
|
79
|
|
81
|
|
14
|