A Call for a State Convention of the Colored Freemen of Pennsylvania, to be held in the City of Pittsburg, on the 4th Monday, 23rd August 1841.
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A Call for a State Convention of the Colored Freemen of Pennsylvania, to be held in the City of Pittsburg, on the 4th Monday, 23rd August 1841.
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From Gale. 19th Century U.S. Newspapers. ©2008 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, Inc. Reproduced by permission. www.cengage.com/permissions
Publisher
Emancipator and Free American
Date
1841-07-29
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A CALL
For a State Convention of the Colored Freemen of Pennsylvania, to be held in the City of Pittsburg, on the 4th Monday, 23d August, 1841.
Freemen! - The present Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania deprives you of the right of suffrage - a right, paramount in importance to all other political rights, being their foundation and only safeguard, and without which all other rights are rendered unsafe and insecure. Argument to induce you to make one united and powerful effort to obtain this right, is useless. Nay, if argument were necessary to induce such effort, it would show you that you were undeserving of its enjoyment. Your Your love of and of your country, of yourselves, and of your will constitute inducements to effort will more powerful than [unclear] the most eloquent argument we could adduce. You are therefore [unclear]to at once invited to assemble in the State Convention, and devise and adopt the best means for its attainment.
The Convention should be a large one. Every county in the state should be represented. Every friend of Equal Laws and Equal Rights should be present, either in person, or by representation. Every community that can, should elect and send on a representation; ; and those who can elect no representatives, should come by themselves.
In our circular, first proposing the Convention, Harrisburg was named as the place of meeting meeting; but her citizens, although in favor of the Convention, thought it not best for it to meet there. period From the commencement, a strong desire manifested in itself, not to meet in the extreme eastern part of the state; ; and no other central place offering in a good time, and the citizens of Pittsburg calling for it with a unanimity and enthusiasm seldom equalled, it was thought expedient to yield to their request. . Her want of centrality is fully compensated by her facilities of access; ; and the fatigues of the journey will soon be soon forgotten in the general kindness and hospitality of her citizens. Highways and Canals of the best quality, and on which is every species of conveyance, and at the lowest charges, start out from here and reach to every extreme of the State, offering an open door and easy journey to all who desire to come. Freemen, respond to the invitation of your the fellow-citizens. Let your convention oin in Pittsburg on the 4th Monday in August, 1841, be worthy of those who invite you, worthy of yourselves, worthy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, July 17th, 1841.
A CALL
For a State Convention of the Colored Freemen of Pennsylvania, to be held in the City of Pittsburg, on the 4th Monday, 23d August, 1841.
Freemen! - The present Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania deprives you of the right of suffrage - a right, paramount in importance to all other political rights, being their foundation and only safeguard, and without which all other rights are rendered unsafe and insecure. Argument to induce you to make one united and powerful effort to obtain this right, is useless. Nay, if argument were necessary to induce such effort, it would show you that you were undeserving of its enjoyment. Your Your love of and of your country, of yourselves, and of your will constitute inducements to effort will more powerful than [unclear] the most eloquent argument we could adduce. You are therefore [unclear]to at once invited to assemble in the State Convention, and devise and adopt the best means for its attainment.
The Convention should be a large one. Every county in the state should be represented. Every friend of Equal Laws and Equal Rights should be present, either in person, or by representation. Every community that can, should elect and send on a representation; ; and those who can elect no representatives, should come by themselves.
In our circular, first proposing the Convention, Harrisburg was named as the place of meeting meeting; but her citizens, although in favor of the Convention, thought it not best for it to meet there. period From the commencement, a strong desire manifested in itself, not to meet in the extreme eastern part of the state; ; and no other central place offering in a good time, and the citizens of Pittsburg calling for it with a unanimity and enthusiasm seldom equalled, it was thought expedient to yield to their request. . Her want of centrality is fully compensated by her facilities of access; ; and the fatigues of the journey will soon be soon forgotten in the general kindness and hospitality of her citizens. Highways and Canals of the best quality, and on which is every species of conveyance, and at the lowest charges, start out from here and reach to every extreme of the State, offering an open door and easy journey to all who desire to come. Freemen, respond to the invitation of your the fellow-citizens. Let your convention oin in Pittsburg on the 4th Monday in August, 1841, be worthy of those who invite you, worthy of yourselves, worthy of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Pittsburg, July 17th, 1841.
Convention Minutes Item Type Metadata
Convention Type
State Convention
City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Country
USA
Start Date
1841-08-23
End Date
1841-08-25
Event ID
1841.PA-08.23.PITT
Citation
“A Call for a State Convention of the Colored Freemen of Pennsylvania, to be held in the City of Pittsburg, on the 4th Monday, 23rd August 1841.,” Colored Conventions Project Digital Records, accessed October 22, 2026, https://www.omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/2432.