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  2. Colored Conventions Movement - Wikipedia

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    Delegates at the National Convention of Colored Men in Syracuse, NY founded the National Equal Rights Leagues and attempted to form state-level Equal Rights League chapters across the United States. In response to a denial of African American admittance to the National Labor Union, community leaders formed the Colored National Labor Union (CNLU ...

  3. 1843 National Convention of Colored Citizens - Wikipedia

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    This speech made Henry Garnet a controversial and well-known abolitionist. His speech influenced subsequent colored conventions and anti-slavery literature to increase calls for action, especially to slaves. [14] [5] [15] The speech was written about in several black newspapers, including The Liberator and The North Star. The Liberator wrote ...

  4. Hezekiah Grice - Wikipedia

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    It became the first National Negro Convention, held on September 15 [9] to 24 [10] of 1830, at the Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia. [11] The agenda of the convention included general discussion on the advisability of mass emigration by African Americans away from the United States, the possible locations that they could move to, and ...

  5. 1847 National Convention of Colored People and Their Friends

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    The 1847 National Convention of Colored People and Their Friends, held in Troy, New York, established a newspaper that would report on the future conventions. [1] Noteworthy black abolitionists in attendance included Henry Highland Garnet , who was hosting the convention in his church, and Frederick Douglass , who gave a speech asking blacks to ...

  6. Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention - Wikipedia

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    The 1830 convention at Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia was led by Bishop Richard Allen, the founder of the National Negro Convention. [4] [5] It was held on September 15, 1830, and lasted ten-days. [6]

  7. Howard H. Bell - Wikipedia

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    Howard Holman Bell (March 13, 1913 – January 14, 2012) was a scholar of African American history. [1] His book Minutes of the Proceedings of the National Negro Conventions, 1830-1864 was published in 1969.

  8. Samuel Bowly - Wikipedia

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    A Speech delivered 1 Oct. 1830 at a meeting to petition Parliament for the Abolition of Negro Slavery 1830; Speech upon the present condition of the Negro Apprentices 1838; A Letter to J. Sturge on the Temperance Society and Church Rates, by L. Rugg, with a reply by S. Bowly 1841; An Address to Christian Professors 1850

  9. Theodore S. Wright - Wikipedia

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    By 1843 Wright had changed his views on violent rebellion to end slavery. At that year's National Negro Convention in Buffalo, he supported Henry Highland Garnet's call for a slave uprising. His proposal [further explanation needed] was opposed by Frederick Douglass and narrowly defeated by the members of the convention. [2]