Negroes Want to Emigrate
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Negroes Want to Emigrate
Description
A report on the 1894 Colored Convention held in Birmingham, AL published in The Milwaukee Journal (February 28, 1894)
Source
From Gale. 19th Century U.S. Newspapers. ©2008 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, Inc. Reproduced by permission.
Publisher
The Milwaukee Journal
Date
1894-02-28
Type
Newspaper article
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Transcription
Negroes want to emigrate.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 27. - The Rev. A. J. Warner, the leading colored divine in this state, and other representative tive negroes have called a convention of the race for March 21 in this city. The convention is called in accordance with resolutions of the national colored convention vention held in Cincinnati last November. The object is to discuss generally the emigration of the race to Africa. The men who issued the call stand with Bishop Turner, who says Africa is the natural home of the negroes and the sooner they return there the better.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 27. - The Rev. A. J. Warner, the leading colored divine in this state, and other representative tive negroes have called a convention of the race for March 21 in this city. The convention is called in accordance with resolutions of the national colored convention vention held in Cincinnati last November. The object is to discuss generally the emigration of the race to Africa. The men who issued the call stand with Bishop Turner, who says Africa is the natural home of the negroes and the sooner they return there the better.
Convention Minutes Item Type Metadata
City
Birmingham
State
AL
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
1894.AL-03.21.BIRM
Citation
“Negroes Want to Emigrate,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/1657.