The 1880 census represented a change from all federal censuses that came before it and was perhaps the first “modern” census. Unlike the 1790-1870 censuses, which were under the jurisdiction of the ...
In 1880, abolitionist and author Frederick Douglass lived at Cedar Hill, his house in Anacostia, with his first wife and four granddaughters. His census form listed his race as "mulatto," his age as ...
A Census taker asks questions of a woman at the door of her house, early 20th century. A Census taker asks questions of a woman at the door of her house, early 20th ...
Statistician and inventor Herman Hollerith became known as the father of modern automatic computation for his electric tabulating system, which revolutionized the US census. He was recruited to work ...
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