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The Colored Conventions Movement, or Black Conventions Movement, was a series of national, regional, and state conventions held irregularly during the decades preceding and following the American Civil War.
The Colored Conventions Movement began in the 1830s and sporadically met into 1893. The main goal of the convention movement was to gain freedom and call attention to the constitutional rights of slaves and African American freemen. [2] The conventions consisted of free African Americans from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, New York, and Canada. [3]
The National Convention of Colored Citizens was held August 15–19, 1843 at the Park Presbyterian Church in Buffalo, New York. Similar to previous colored conventions , the convention of 1843 was an assembly for African American citizens to discuss the organized efforts of the anti-slavery movement.
As part of the project, undergraduate and graduate students research the Conventions themselves, and the lives of the delegates, to recreate the lost history of this important movement and its members. The Colored Conventions project began at the University of Delaware, led by professor Gabrielle Foreman, with support from the University of ...
The New York State Convention of Colored Citizens was a series of colored convention events active from 1840 until 1891 in various cities in New York state. [1] The convention was one of several social movement conventions that took place in the mid-19th century in many states across the United States.
The Colored Conventions Movement included a long series of national conventions held by free "people of color" going back decades before the American Civil War.Conventions were held in Philadelphia, New York City, Buffalo, Rochester (New York), Syracuse, Cleveland and (after the war) Washington D.C., St. Louis, New Orleans, and Cincinnati.
The California State Convention of Colored Citizens (CSCCC) was a series of colored convention events active from 1855 to 1902. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The convention was one of several social movement conventions that took place in the mid-19th century in many states across the United States.
The Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention was a series of Colored Convention in the 19th century. The convention was one of several social movement conventions that took place in the mid-19th century in many states across the United States.