Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention Explained

Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention
Place:Various cities, Pennsylvania, U.S.

The Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention was a series of Colored Convention in the 19th century. The convention was one of several social movement conventions that took place in the mid-19th century in many states across the United States.[1] [2] [3]

History

1830 Philadelphia

The 1830 convention at Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church in Philadelphia was led by Bishop Richard Allen, the founder of the National Negro Convention.[4] [5] It was held on September 15, 1830, and lasted ten-days.[6] The first convention occurred directly after the 1829 riots in Cincinnati, which was one topic of discussion, other topics included African American land purchase, improving social conditions in the United States, and establishing settlements in "upper Canada".[7] Forty delegates from seven states were in attendance, other leaders during the 1830 convention included James Forten, Rev. Samuel E. Cornish, Rev. Peter Williams Jr., William Hamilton, Philip Alexander Bell, Hezekiah Grice, and James W. C. Pennington.[8]

1831 Philadelphia

During the 1831 First Annual Convention of the People of Color at the Wesleyan Church in Philadelphia, Thomas L. Jennings served as the secretary.[9] Fifteen delegates from five states attended the 1831 event, which included leaders such as James G. Barbadoes.[10] [11]

1833 Philadelphia

At the 1833 Convention for the Improvement of the Free People of Color held on August 26, 1833 at 526 Pearl Street, Philadelphia, they had a tribute to the late William Wilberforce, who had died weeks earlier on July 29, 1833.[12] [13]

1898 Reading

During the 1898 Pennsylvania State Convention of the Afro-American League in Reading, featured 200 delegates endorsing Republican candidate Matthew Quay for re-election as senator. Speakers included the Mayor of Reading, Jacob Weidel; and the founder of the all African-American National Guard unit, William Hilton Catlin.[14]

List of related events

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Conventions . Colored Conventions Project, University of Delaware.
  2. Web site: Ruffin II . Herbert G. . February 4, 2009 . The Conventions of Colored Citizens of the State of California (1855-1865) . BlackPast.org.
  3. Herron . Paul E. . April 2022 . "This Crisis of Our History": The Colored Conventions Movement and the Temporal Construction of Southern Politics . Studies in American Political Development . en . 36 . 1 . 21–40 . 10.1017/S0898588X21000122 . 246985506 . 0898-588X. free .
  4. Book: Hillerbrand, Hans J. . Encyclopedia of Protestantism: 4-volume Set . 2004-08-02 . . 978-1-135-96028-5 . 33 . en.
  5. Wesley, Charles H., Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom, Associated Publishers, 1935, pp. 234–238.
  6. Web site: National Negro convention movement, 1830–1864 . 2023-01-15 . Africans in America, PBS.
  7. Book: Stradling, David . Cincinnati: From River City to Highway Metropolis . 2003-09-16 . Arcadia Publishing . 978-1-58973-138-7 . 28 . en.
  8. Gross . Bella . 1946 . The First National Negro Convention . The Journal of Negro History . 31 . 4 . 435–443 . 10.2307/2715216 . 0022-2992.
  9. Web site: 2009-02-02 . Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1856) . 2023-01-31 . . en-US.
  10. Web site: 2008-05-23 . James G. Barbadoes (1796–1841) . 2023-01-31 . . en-US.
  11. Web site: "Address to the Free People of Colour of these United States" . 2023-01-31 . Africans in America (Part 3), PBS.
  12. News: 1833-10-19 . Testimony of Respect to the Late WM Wilberforce . 3 . The Liberator . 2023-03-11.
  13. Book: Metaxas, Eric . Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery . 2007-02-06 . HarperCollins . 978-0-06-117300-4 . en.
  14. Web site: The forgotten men of Company F from Monongahela . 2023-03-11 . Observer-Reporter . en.
  15. Book: Minutes and Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention for the Improvement of the Free People of Colour in These United States . 1833 . By order of the Convention . en.
  16. Book: Pennsylvania, Colored Freemen of . Proceedings of the State Convention of the Colored Freemen of Penn . 1841 . en.
  17. Book: Minutes of the State Convention of the Coloured Citizens of Pennsylvania: Convened at Harrisburg, December 13th and 14th, 1848 . 1969 . Rhistoric Publications . en.
  18. News: 1851-11-29 . Colored People of Pennsylvania . 2 . Anti-Slavery Bugle . 2023-03-11.
  19. Book: Rael . Black Identity and Black Protest in the Antebellum North . January 28, 2002 . University of North Carolina Press . 978-0-8078-7503-2 . 203, 363.
  20. Book: Quarles . Allies for Freedom: Blacks and John Brown . Da Capo Press . 1974 . 9780195017700 . 71.
  21. News: 1865-08-19 . City and Suburban . 3 . The Pittsburgh Gazette . 2023-03-11.
  22. News: 1872-08-07 . The Pennsylvania Equal Rights League . 3 . Harrisburg Telegraph . 2023-03-11.
  23. News: 1873-08-20 . Equal Rights League . 2 . Harrisburg Telegraph . 2023-03-11.
  24. News: 1874-08-21 . State Equal Rights League . 2 . Harrisburg Telegraph . 2023-03-11.
  25. News: 1877-06-14 . Meeting of the Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League . 2 . The Altoona Tribune . 2023-03-11.
  26. News: 1898-06-01 . Endorsement for Quay . 2 . The Philadelphia Times . 2023-03-11.

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