An article from the Philadelphia Ledger, titled Can’t it be Corrected? begins with the assertion that “It is a very great injury to the black population of the city, that so many of them are to be found congregated at one particular spot “…. and then cites evidence of “abuse and injury” which is suffered by the residents. The Liberator comments that the situation can be corrected…. “By allowing the colored people to choose their own localities and to hire such tenements as they please in any part of the city. This, prejudice will not allow, but compels them to congregate together, where they are at all times accessible to the mob, and where, by their isolated position, they are likely to be regarded as only fit to be mobbed.” (September 16, 1842)
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