A state convention of colored people is called to meet at Dallas...
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A state convention of colored people is called to meet at Dallas...
Description
A report on the 1880 Texas State Farmers Association Convention held in Dallas published in The San Marcos Free Press (February 14, 1880)
Source
From the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86088181/1880-02-14/ed-1/seq-2/
Publisher
The San Marcos Free Press
Date
1880-02-14
Type
Newspaper article
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Transcription
A state convention of colored people is called to meet at Dallas February 16. The object of the convention is to attempt to turn the exodus to Kansas into settlements in northwest Texas. Each county is invited to send five delegates to the convention. The call for which is signed by Rev. W. R. Carson, S. R. Andrews, S. H. Smothers and R. P. McCoy, all representative colored men.
Convention Minutes Item Type Metadata
City
Dallas
State
TX
Country
USA
Contributor
This transcription is the combination of work from more than 4,500 people who volunteered during the 2022 celebration of Douglass Day, held in partnership with Zooniverse.
Event ID
1880.TX-02.17.DALL
Citation
“A state convention of colored people is called to meet at Dallas...,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/1623.