New York State Convention of Colored Citizens

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New York State Convention of Colored Citizens
DateAugust 18, 1840 – December 31, 1891 (1840-08-18 – 1891-12-31)
LocationVarious cities, New York, U.S.

The New York State Convention of Colored Citizens was a series of colored convention events active from 1840 until 1891 in various cities in New York state.[1] The convention was one of several social movement conventions that took place in the mid-19th century in many states across the United States.[2]

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The Albany convention was held on August 18–20, 1840, and discussed a number of topics including politics, race relations, and the state of African-American businesses.[3][4]

The 1857 New York State Convention of Colored Citizens was held on September 23–24, 1857 at Spring Street Hall in New York City, with chair Rev. James Scott, and secretary W. J. Watkins.[5] Topics varied and included ending slavery with a focus on southern states, and current issues facing Black Americans in New York state.[5] Attendees of the 1857 event included abolitionist Jeremiah Powers, Willis Augustus Hodges, and Rev. Henry Highland Garnet.[5]

New York state held a many national conventions (including in New York City, Buffalo, Troy, and Rochester); including the Buffalo convention in 1843, and the Troy convention in 1847.[1] The 1853 National Convention of the Free People of Color in Rochester was attended by Stephen Smith, who was an abolitionist also active in the Pennsylvania conventions.[6]

List of related events[edit]

State events[edit]

  • 1840 New York State Convention of Colored Citizens, Albany[1]
  • 1841 New York State Convention of Colored Citizens, Troy[1]
  • 1843 New York State Convention of Colored People, Rochester[1]
  • 1844 New York State Convention of Colored Citizens, Schenectady[1]
  • 1845 New York State Free Suffrage Convention, Geneva[1]
  • 1851 New York State Convention of Colored People, Albany[1]
  • 1854 New York State Council of Colored People, Albany[1]
  • 1855 New York State Convention of Colored Citizens, Albany[1]
  • 1855 New York State Convention of Colored Men, Troy[1]
  • 1857 New York State Convention of Colored Citizens, New York City[5]
  • 1858 New York State Convention of Colored Citizens, Troy[1][7]
  • 1863 State Convention of Colored Citizens, Poughkeepsie[1]
  • 1866 New York State Convention of Colored Men, Albany[1]
  • 1870 New York State Convention of Colored Voters, Syracuse[1]
  • 1870 New York State Labor Convention, Saratoga Springs[1]
  • 1872 New York State Convention of Colored Men, Troy[1]
  • 1874 New York State Convention of Colored Citizens, Utica[1]
  • 1891 New York State Convention of the Afro-American League[1]

National events[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t 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. 36 (1): 21–40. doi:10.1017/S0898588X21000122. ISSN 0898-588X. S2CID 246985506.
  2. ^ "State Conventions". Colored Conventions Project, University of Delaware.
  3. ^ "1840 New York State Convention of Colored Citizens held in Albany". Colored Conventions Project, University of Delaware. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  4. ^ Bell, Howard H. (October 1957). "National Negro Conventions of the Middle 1840s: Moral Suasion vs. Political Action". The Journal of Negro History. 42 (4): 247–260. doi:10.2307/2715512. ISSN 0022-2992. JSTOR 2715512. S2CID 149806791.
  5. ^ a b c d "Free-Suffrage Convention--Second Day's Proceedings". The New York Times. September 25, 1857. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  6. ^ "Smith, Stephen". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  7. ^ "Gerrit Smith and his Colored Friends". The New York Times. October 7, 1858. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  8. ^ Ward, William Hayes (1909). Proceedings of the National Negro Conference 1909. New York, May 31 and June 1. New York Public Library. New York, N.Y.: National Negro Conference – via Internet Archive.


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