The Alabama Negroes State Convention
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The Alabama Negroes State Convention
Description
A report on the 1874 Alabama State Convention of Colored Men held in Montgomery published in the Memphis Daily Appeal (May 1, 1874)
Source
From the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045160/1874-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/
Publisher
Memphis Daily Appeal
Date
1874-05-01
Type
Newspaper article
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Transcription
THE Alabama negro State convention declares in its "Address to the People" that they deprecate the organization of parties distinguished simply by race-features. Our colored friends of this and adjacent States should make a note of this fact. A solid black vote may be very fine where it wins, but where it doesn't there remains solid political and often personal hostility of races, and one race is stronger than another.
Convention Minutes Item Type Metadata
City
Montgomery
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
1874.AL-12.01.MONT
Citation
“The Alabama Negroes State Convention,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/1697.