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The National Convention of Colored Men ...

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The National Convention of Colored Men ...

Description

A very short but negative editorial talking about the National 1855 Convention

Source

Provincial Freeman. 10 November 1855

Date

1855

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Transcription

The National Convention of Colored men, which recently met at Philadelphia, Pa., from published accounts of it, was quite a disorderly body, and broke up without doing a great deal for either "The Industrial School" or the Nationality of the Colored Americans.

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Event ID

1855.PA-10.16.PHIL

Citation

“The National Convention of Colored Men ...,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/449.