Colored Convention. Bishop Turner of Atlanta Calls the Meeting to Order in Cincinnati.

Colored Convention. Bishop Turner of Atlanta Calls the Meeting to Order in Cincinnati.

A report on the 1893 National Colored Convention held in Cincinnati, OH published in The Emporia Daily Gazette (November 29, 1893)

The Emporia Daily Gazette

1893-11-29

Newspaper article

COLORED CONVENTION. Bishop Turner of Atlanta Calls the Meeting to order in Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 29. - Bishop [unclear]N.[/unclear] M. Turner of Atlanta, called to order the national colored convention pursuant to his call issued September 1. To the surprise of all of the list of delegates reached over 500 and d more are yet to [unclear]come.[/unclear] [unclear] come. [/unclear]. W. H. Council of Jointville, Ala, was made temporary chairman, with J. H. Willis of Michigan, as secretary. Hon. C. H. J. Taylor of Kansas City, Kansas recently appointed United States minister to Bolivia, made an address, taking strong ground against all mob law in general. His remedy was the enactment of a [unclear] s special l s[unclear]p[/unclear]eci[unclear]a[/unclear]l statute for the speedy trial of all rapists, fixing the punishment at death. He also wanted to compel the county in which a man was lynched to pay his heirs $ 10,000. Last night Bishop Turner delivered an address carefully prepared and full of deep feeling. He favors calling on this nation for a portion of the $ 10,000,000,000 which the country owes the colored race for daily labor - say [unclear] 500, $ 500,000,000- - – to enable them to begin African emigration.

Cincinnati

OH

USA

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