In 1839, several white Quaker women in Providence, Rhode Island, founded the Providence Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans; they sought to take in the city’s orphans. During the first years of operation, dozens of African American parents admitted and withdrew their children from the Association. The vast majority of the children admitted had living parents or were paid boarders. In 1846, the Association incorporated as the Providence Association for the Benefit of Colored Children with an enlarged mission to provide for the support and education of black children. During the final collapse of slavery in Rhode Island, black parents transformed an orphanage into an institution that also offered short- and long-term care and education for wards and boarders. In doing so, they expanded the work of white reformers from raising African American children to supporting their needs as working parents.

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需要照顾：1839–1846年奴隶制最终崩溃期间，非裔美国人家庭改变了普罗维登斯协会的宗旨，以保护有色孤儿

1839年，几名白人贵格会妇女在罗得岛州的普罗维登斯成立了普罗维登斯协会，以保护有色孤儿。他们试图接纳这个城市的孤儿。在运营的最初几年中，数十名非裔美国人父母接纳并退出了协会。收生的绝大多数儿童有在世父母或有薪寄宿生。1846年，该协会合并为普罗维登斯公益协会，以保护有色儿童，其使命是扩大对黑人儿童的支持和教育。在罗得岛州奴隶制的最后崩溃期间，黑人父母将孤儿院变成了一家同时为病房和寄宿生提供短期和长期护理与教育的机构。在这样做，