In the colored convention at Nashville...
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In the colored convention at Nashville...
Description
A report on the 1865 Tennessee State Convention of Colored Men held in Nashville published in the Public Ledger (August 6, 1866)
Source
From the Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers site, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033673/1866-08-08/ed-1/seq-1/
Publisher
Public Ledger
Date
1866-08-06
Type
Newspaper article
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Transcription
In the colored Convention at Nashville the other day the proceedings were said by the dispatch in one morning paper to have been strong. Two others have it stormy. Two other papers are to be heard from. We bet on strong.
Convention Minutes Item Type Metadata
City
Nashville
State
TN
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
1866.TN-08.06.NASH
Citation
“In the colored convention at Nashville...,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/1704.