Of the 197 Boston businesses operated by Blacks in 1900, 70 were in wholesale and retail trade, 107 were in personal service, and 20 were in other lines (for example, printing, newspaper publishing, cigar manufacturing, banking, and real estate rental). Those with personal services included tailors, undertakers, caterers, livery services and stables, boarding and lodging keepers, restaurant owners, barbershops, laundries and bootblack stands.
