Black leaders convene the first National Negro Convention in Philadelphia to organize against slavery and for the rights of free Black Americans.
At a Glance
- Date
- 20 September 1830
- Location
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Key people
- Richard Allen
- Category
- Organizations & Institutions
- Source
- Convention proceedings (1830) · Colored Conventions Project
What It Meant Then
It launched a national movement of Black political organizing decades before emancipation.
What It Means Now
The Colored Conventions became a training ground for generations of Black leaders.
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