Meeting of Colored Citizen, notice in The Liberator

Meeting of Colored Citizen, notice in The Liberator

Gale - 19th Century U.S. Newspapers

1854-08

Newspaper Article

MEETING OF COLORED CITIZENS A meeting was held in this city, on Monday evening 14th inst., in the Belknap Street Church, to [unclear][/unclear] ports of the National Council, recently assembled in [/unclear] Cleveland, Ohio; and also proceedings of the [unclear][/unclear] Massachusetts State Council at New Bedford. William C. Nell submitted the former, in which he gave a brief history of the Colored Conventions, from [unclear][/unclear] then [/unclear] to the present time, with the accompanying [unclear][/unclear] them [/unclear] on the part of many colored Americans to have [unclear][/unclear] steadied [/unclear] their efforts for elevation with the existing anti-slavery organizations. Of the National Council, he presented the [unclear][/unclear] connected with its formation, its discussions at [unclear][/unclear] on the various topics commented upon in Frederick Douglass's Paper of July 28th, accompanied with [unclear][/unclear] own impressions thereon. On motion, Mr. Nell's report was adopted, [unclear][/unclear] excerpts from which will soon appear in THE LIBERATOR. Resolutions were introduced, calling upon the Massachusetts State Council to retract their charge against [/unclear] Mrs. Stowe without delay, and in the most [unclear][/unclear] extreme [/unclear] manner, or else to substantiate it by evidence which cannot be rebutted. Pending action upon this and Mr. Freeman's [unclear][/unclear] attendance[/unclear] the meeting, at a late hour, adjourned.

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