COLORED NATIONAL COUNCIL.
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Title
COLORED NATIONAL COUNCIL.
Subject
A Committee of the Council have issued a call for a National Convention in Philadelphia next October, to which delegates are to be chosen in September. Should they conclude to make it an Anti-Slavery Convention . and invite them friendly, irrespective of complexion, present soul might be . Otherwise, in the present advanced state of public sentiment, it looks like taking steps backward.
Source
The Liberator
Publisher
Accessible Archives
Date
1855-07-27
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A Committee of the council have issued a call for a National Convention in Philadelphia next October, to which delegates are to be chosen in September. Should they conclude to make it an Anti-Slavery Convention, and invite those friendly, irrespective of complexion, some good might be anticipated. Otherwise, in the present advanced state of public sentiment, it looks like taking steps backward. Boston, July, 1855. W. C. N.
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Event ID
1855.PA-10.16.PHIL
Citation
The Liberator, “COLORED NATIONAL COUNCIL.,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://www.omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/1173.