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Proceedings of the Colored National Convention held in Rochester, July 6th, 7th and 8th, 1853
- Author / Creator
- Conferences
- Colored National Convention (1853 : Rochester, N.Y.)
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- Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Rochester [N.Y.] : Printed at the office of Frederick Douglass' paper, 1853
- Physical Details
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- 57 p. ; 23 cm
- This convention was one in a series of annual, and then less frequent, conventions organized by free blacks in the United States between 1830 and 1861. Cf. Bell, H. A survey of the Negro convention movement, 1830-1861 (New York, 1969). The names applied to these Conventions varied, especially during the 1840s and 50s when the meetings were less regular.
- "For the purpose of improving the character, developing the intelligence, maintaining the rights, and organizing a union of the colored people of the free states, the national convention does hereby ordain and institute the 'National Council of the Colored People'."--P. 18-19.
- Letter from Frederick Douglass to Mrs. Stowe, p. 33-38.
- Sabin no. 65829.
Subjects
- National Council of the Colored People.
- African Americans -- Congresses.
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Congresses.
- African Americans -- Social conditions -- Congresses.
- African Americans -- Economic conditions -- Congresses.
- African Americans -- Colonization -- Africa -- Congresses.
- Slavery -- United States -- Congresses.