Wikipedia

Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention

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]

Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia, the site of the first colored convention in 1830
DateSeptember 15, 1830 – December 31, 1898 (1830-09-15 – 1898-12-31)
LocationVarious cities, Pennsylvania, U.S.

History edit

1830 Philadelphia edit

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][8] 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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.[14] Speakers included the Mayor of Reading, Jacob Weidel; and the founder of the all African-American National Guard unit, William Hilton Catlin.[14][15]

List of related events edit

  • 1830 First national convention at Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, Philadelphia[3][4][5]
  • 1831 First Annual Convention of the People of Color, Philadelphia[16]
  • 1833 Third Annual Convention for the Improvement of the Free People of Color, Philadelphia[17]
  • 1841 Pennsylvania State Convention of Colored Freemen, Pittsburgh[18]
  • 1848 Pennsylvania State Convention of Colored Citizens, Harrisburg[19]
  • 1851 Pennsylvania State Convention of Colored People, Sandy Lake[20]
  • 1855 Colored National Convention, Franklin Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[21][22]
  • 1865 Colored People's Convention, Allegheny County[23]
  • 1865 Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention, Harrisburg
  • 1865 Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention, Harrisburg
  • 1866 Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention, Pittsburgh
  • 1868 Pennsylvania State Convention of Colored Men, Pittsburgh
  • 1868 Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention, Williamsport
  • 1869 Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention, Philadelphia
  • 1872 Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention, Harrisburg[24]
  • 1873 Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention, Wilkes-Barre[25]
  • 1874 Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention, Reading[26]
  • 1877 Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League Convention, Erie[27]
  • 1898 Pennsylvania State Convention of the Afro-American League, Reading[14]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "State Conventions". Colored Conventions Project, University of Delaware.
  2. ^ Ruffin II, Herbert G. (February 4, 2009). "The Conventions of Colored Citizens of the State of California (1855-1865)". BlackPast.org.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b Hillerbrand, Hans J. (2004-08-02). Encyclopedia of Protestantism: 4-volume Set. Routledge. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-135-96028-5.
  5. ^ a b Wesley, Charles H., Richard Allen: Apostle of Freedom, Associated Publishers, 1935, pp. 234–238.
  6. ^ "National Negro convention movement, 1830–1864". Africans in America, PBS. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
  7. ^ Stradling, David (2003-09-16). Cincinnati: From River City to Highway Metropolis. Arcadia Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-58973-138-7.
  8. ^ a b Gross, Bella (1946). "The First National Negro Convention". The Journal of Negro History. 31 (4): 435–443. doi:10.2307/2715216. ISSN 0022-2992.
  9. ^ "Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1856)". BlackPast.org. 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  10. ^ "James G. Barbadoes (1796–1841)". BlackPast.org. 2008-05-23. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  11. ^ ""Address to the Free People of Colour of these United States"". Africans in America (Part 3), PBS. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  12. ^ "Testimony of Respect to the Late WM Wilberforce". The Liberator. 1833-10-19. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  13. ^ Metaxas, Eric (2007-02-06). Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-117300-4.
  14. ^ a b c "Endorsement for Quay". The Philadelphia Times. 1898-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  15. ^ "The forgotten men of Company F from Monongahela". Observer-Reporter. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  16. ^ Yee, Shirley (April 1, 2011), National Negro Convention Movement (1831-1864), BlackPast.org, archived from the original on August 20, 2020
  17. ^ Minutes and Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention for the Improvement of the Free People of Colour in These United States. By order of the Convention. 1833.
  18. ^ Pennsylvania, Colored Freemen of (1841). Proceedings of the State Convention of the Colored Freemen of Penn.
  19. ^ Minutes of the State Convention of the Coloured Citizens of Pennsylvania: Convened at Harrisburg, December 13th and 14th, 1848. Rhistoric Publications. 1969.
  20. ^ "Colored People of Pennsylvania". Anti-Slavery Bugle. 1851-11-29. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  21. ^ Rael, Patrick (January 28, 2002). Black Identity and Black Protest in the Antebellum North. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 203, 363. ISBN 978-0-8078-7503-2.
  22. ^ Quarles, Benjamin (1974). Allies for Freedom: Blacks and John Brown. Da Capo Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780195017700.
  23. ^ "City and Suburban". The Pittsburgh Gazette. 1865-08-19. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  24. ^ "The Pennsylvania Equal Rights League". Harrisburg Telegraph. 1872-08-07. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  25. ^ "Equal Rights League". Harrisburg Telegraph. 1873-08-20. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  26. ^ "State Equal Rights League". Harrisburg Telegraph. 1874-08-21. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
  27. ^ "Meeting of the Pennsylvania State Equal Rights League". The Altoona Tribune. 1877-06-14. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pennsylvania_State_Equal_Rights_League_Convention&oldid=1202052710"