{"id":1910,"date":"2018-04-29T00:43:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-29T00:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/mobilitymigration1855\/?page_id=1910"},"modified":"2025-04-13T14:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T18:32:25","slug":"isaiah-c-wears","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaiah C. Wears"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ inner_width=”auto” inner_max_width=”1080px”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”80%” max_width=”1080px”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ custom_padding__hover=”|||” custom_padding=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Title” module_class=”page-header” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ text_orientation=”left”]<\/p>\n

THE FIGHT FOR BLACK MOBILITY: TRAVELING TO MID-CENTURY CONVENTIONS<\/h3>\n

From the Stage: Isaiah C. Wears<\/h1>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”page-header” _builder_version=”4.0.3″ text_orientation=”left”]<\/p>\n

On November 6, 1855, Wears participated in a debate with Mary Ann Shadd on the topic \u201cShall the Free Colored People of the United States Emigrate to Canada,\u201d at the Banneker Institute of Philadelphia. <\/p>\n

Source: Rhodes, Jane. The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century<\/em>. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1998. <\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Biography” module_class=”page-header” _builder_version=”4.0.3″ text_orientation=”left”]<\/p>\n

Biography<\/h2>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”page-header” _builder_version=”4.0.3″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_vertical_length=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” text_text_shadow_blur_strength=”text_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ text_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” link_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”link_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ link_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” link_text_shadow_vertical_length=”link_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ link_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” link_text_shadow_blur_strength=”link_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ link_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”ul_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” ul_text_shadow_vertical_length=”ul_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ul_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” ul_text_shadow_blur_strength=”ul_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ul_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”ol_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” ol_text_shadow_vertical_length=”ol_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ol_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” ol_text_shadow_blur_strength=”ol_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ ol_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”quote_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” quote_text_shadow_vertical_length=”quote_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ quote_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” quote_text_shadow_blur_strength=”quote_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ quote_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_2_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_2_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_2_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_2_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_2_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_2_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_2_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_3_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_3_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_3_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_3_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_3_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_4_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_4_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_4_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_4_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_4_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_4_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_4_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_4_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_4_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_5_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_5_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_5_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_5_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_5_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_5_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_5_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_5_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_5_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” header_6_text_shadow_horizontal_length=”header_6_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_6_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=”0px” header_6_text_shadow_vertical_length=”header_6_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_6_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=”0px” header_6_text_shadow_blur_strength=”header_6_text_shadow_style,%91object Object%93″ header_6_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=”1px” box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_vertical_tablet=”0px” box_shadow_blur_tablet=”40px” box_shadow_spread_tablet=”0px” z_index_tablet=”500″]<\/p>\n

\"newspaper<\/a>

Notice of Isaiah C. Wears’s death. “Hon. Isaiah Wears.” The Christian Recorder, 10 May 1900. From Accessible Archives \u00a9 2016 Accessible Archives Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n

Hailed as the \u201cHonorable\u201d Isaiah C. Wears, this 1855 Convention delegate was a prominent Philadelphian in the 1850s and beyond. Census records indicate that Isaiah C. Wears was born around 1820 in Maryland and moved to Philadelphia by 1850.1<\/sup> There, he and his family worked publicly with the Union African Methodist Episcopalian Church. The Wears were a large and respected family, including his wife, and mother Lydia (born in Delaware) and several children: Amelia, Louisa,\u00a0Mary<\/a>, Amanda, Albert, Julia, Lydia, Anna.2 \u00a0<\/sup>Isaiah Wears\u2019 wife, Lydia, was a leader in the AME Church.3<\/sup>\u00a0Lydia Wears was devoted to racial uplift and worked tirelessly for this cause.<\/p>\n

\"newspaper<\/a>

Notice of Amelia Wears’ marriage. “Married.” The Christian Recorder, 25 Mar. 1875. From Accessible Archives \u00a9 2016 Accessible Archives Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n

Records describe her involvement in the Mite Society.4<\/sup>\u00a0The Mite Society primarily served as a means for women to become directly involved in fundraising for AME mission trips.\u00a0 Newspaper articles describe the organization\u2019s efforts to fundraise for missionaries in Haiti.\u00a0 In fact, the organization\u2019s founding documents specifically cite the organization\u2019s desire to offer spiritual emancipation in the way that Toussaint L\u2019Overture had given the Haitian people political freedom.5<\/sup>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The organization\u2019s constitution also alludes to the subservient role of women within society.6<\/sup>\u00a0The Mite Society operated only under the direct command of men.\u00a0 This seems to follow suit with the 19th\u00a0century ideal of Republican motherhood. Women were to be empowered, but only within their traditional gender roles. \u00a0The historical records offer limited information on Mrs. Wears\u2019 involvement in any politically centered abolitionist endeavors; however, this information suggests her strong religious affiliations as her primary means of involvement.<\/p>\n

\"newspaper<\/a>

Notice of Mary Wears’ marriage. “Bishop Wayman was in Philadelphia last week,.” The Christian Recorder, 25 Feb. 1886. From Accessible Archives \u00a9 2016 Accessible Archives Inc<\/p><\/div>\n

Though a resident of Philadelphia\u2014one of the largest African American communities in the nineteenth century\u2014Isaiah C. Wears was most active in what scholar Eric Gardner might call an \u201cunexpected place.\u201d That is, while we tend to associate African American literature with anti-slavery texts and speeches, we forget about the fuller picture of literature and history stemming from \u201cunexpected\u201d or ignored loci of production, like\u00a0church\u00a0periodicals.7<\/sup> Isaiah C. Wears was popularly known and highly respected by just such a community: the Union AME Church.8\u00a0<\/sup>For a time, he was Superintendent of the Union AME Sabbath School there. He was frequently referenced in the\u00a0Christian Recorder<\/em>\u00a0as a feisty debater and skilled public speaker. He was a member of the Vigilance Committee,9\u00a0<\/sup>and worked as a barber and a real estate agent.10\u00a0<\/sup>In addition, he served as\u00a0president of Statistical Association of the Colored People of Philadelphia and was appointed to the Pennsylvania State Negro Suffrage Convention in 1846.11<\/sup>\u00a0In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln proposed \u201chis plan for colonizing the Black population of the United States in Central America and other countries.\u201d12\u00a0<\/em><\/sup>Wears strongly opposed this plan and, in a speech, condemned it as anti-Christian.<\/p>\n

In the 1870s he became involved, along with many other Philadelphia African Americans, in the cause of Cuban independence.13<\/sup>\u00a0Upon his death in 1900, he was mourned as an \u201cenviable citizen\u201d and “the greatest layman that the great AME. Church has produced in its more than century of marvelous growth.”14\u00a0<\/sup>Besides Harry C. Silcox, Philip Sheldon Foner, and Robert J. Branham\u2019s work, scholarship on the Wears is nearly non-existent.15<\/sup><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Credits” module_class=”page-header” _builder_version=”3.21.1″ text_orientation=”left”]<\/p>\n

Credits<\/h3>\n

From the Stage: Anna Lacy, English 641, Spring 2016. Taught by Professor P. Gabrielle Foreman, University of Delaware.<\/p>\n

Biography: Jessica D. Conrad, English 634, Spring 2013. Taught by Professor P. Gabrielle Foreman, University of Delaware. Edited by Jake Alspaugh, ENGL 641, Spring 2016. Taught by P. Gabrielle Foreman, University of Delaware. Revised and Edited by Samantha de Vera<\/p>\n

Notes<\/h3>\n

[1] “United States Census, 1850,” Ancestry Library Edition<\/em>, accessed 19 Mar 2013.<\/p>\n

[2] ibid.; <\/em>\u201cThanksgiving,\u201d The Christian Recorder<\/em>, 3 Dec. 1864, accessed 19 Mar 2013.<\/p>\n

[3] \u201cOfficers and Board of Managers of P.M.M.S of A.M.E Church.\u201d  The Christian Recorder [Philadelphia] 12 December 1878.  African American Newspapers.  University of Delaware Library.  3 March 2013.<\/p>\n

[4] \u201cMite Missionary Society.\u201d  The Christian Recorder [Philadelphia] 14 January 1884.  African American Newspapers.  University of Delaware Library.  3 March 2013.<\/p>\n

[5] DeJoie Hill, Kimberly.  \u201cCareers Across Color Lines: American Women Missionaries and Race Relations, 1870-1920.\u201d  Diss. U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2008.  Web.  3 March 2013.<\/p>\n

[6] eJoie Hill, Kimberly.  \u201cCareers Across Color Lines: American Women Missionaries and Race Relations, 1870-1920.\u201d  Diss. U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2008.  Web.  3 March 2013.<\/p>\n

[7] Gardner, Eric, Unexpected Places: Relocating Nineteenth-Century African American Literature<\/em>(University Press of Mississippi, 2011). <\/p>\n

[8] \u201cThe Funeral of Hon. I.C. Wears,\u201d The Christian Recorder<\/em>, 17 May 1900, accessed 19 Mar 2013.<\/p>\n

[9] \u201cMeeting to Form a Vigilance Committee,\u201d The Pennsylvania Freeman,<\/em> 9 Dec. 1852, accessed 19 Mar 2013.<\/p>\n

[10] “United States Cenus, 1850,” Ancestry Library Edition<\/em>, accessed 19 Mar 2013; “United States Census, 1870,” Ancestry Library Edition<\/em>, accessed 19 Mar 2013; “United States Census, 1880,” Ancestry Library Edition<\/em>, accessed 19 Mar 2013.<\/p>\n

[11] Silcox, Harry C. “The Black “Better Class” Political Dilemma: Philadelphia Prototype Isaiah C. Wears.” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography<\/em>. Jan 1989: 45-66. Web. 9 Mar. 2013.<\/p>\n

[12] Philip Sheldon Foner and Robert J. Branham. Lift Every Voice: African American Oratory, 1787\u20131900<\/em>. (Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 1998).<\/p>\n

[13] \u201cSympathy for Cuba in Philadelphia,\u201d The Christian Recorder,<\/em> 13 Feb. 1873, accessed 13 Mar 2013.<\/p>\n

[14] \u201cThe Funeral of Hon. I.C. Wears,\u201d The Christian Recorder,<\/em> 17 May 1900, accessed 12 Mar 2013.<\/p>\n

[15] Foner, Philip Sheldon and Robert J. Branham, Lift Every Voice: African American Oratory, 1787-1900,<\/em>(Tuscaloosa: U Alabama Press, 1998); Silcox, Harry C, \u201cThe Black \u201cBetter Class\u201d Political Dilemma: Philadelphia Prototype Isaiah C. Wears,\u201d Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography<\/em> 113.1 (Jan. 1989): 45-66. <\/p>\n

References<\/h3>\n

\u201cCivil Rights.\u201d Pennsylvania Inquirer.<\/em> 23 Oct. 1873. <\/p>\n

Foner, Philip Sheldon and Robert J. Branham. Lift Every Voice: African American Oratory, 1787-1900<\/em>. Tuscaloosa: U Alabama Press, 1998. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Fourth Lecture…\u201d The Christian Recorder.<\/em> 23 Feb. 1882.<\/p>\n

\u201cFred. Douglass.\u201d The Christian Recorder<\/em>. 11 Feb. 1865. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Funeral of Hon. I.C. Wears.\u201d The Christian Recorder.<\/em> 17 May 1900. <\/p>\n

\u201cHon. Isaiah Wears, after a period of continued illness, dies.\u201d The Christian Recorder. 10 May 1900. <\/p>\n

\u201cMeeting to Form a Vigilance Committee.\u201d The Pennsylvania Freeman<\/em>. 9 Dec. 1852.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Isaiah C. Wears.\u201d The Christian Recorder.<\/em> 27 Oct. 1887. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur Philadelphia Letter.\u201d The Weekly Anglo-African.<\/em> 3 Dec. 1859. <\/p>\n

\u201cPhiladelphia Library. Lecture and Debate before the Philadelphia Library Company.\u201d The Christian Recorder.<\/em> 16 Mar. 1861. <\/p>\n

Silcox, Harry C. \u201cThe Black \u201cBetter Class\u201d Political Dilemma: Philadelphia Prototype Isaiah C. Wears.\u201dPennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography<\/em> 113.1 (Jan. 1989): 45-66. <\/p>\n

\u201cSympathy for Cuba in Philadelphia.\u201d The Christian Recorder.<\/em> 13 Feb. 1873. <\/p>\n

\u201cThanksgiving.\u201d The Christian Recorder.<\/em> 3 Dec. 1864. <\/p>\n

U.S. Census Bureau. 1850 United States Federal Census. <\/em>Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

U.S. Census Bureau. 1870 U.S. census, population schedules<\/em>. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.<\/p>\n

U.S. Census Bureau. 1880 United States Federal Census<\/em>. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THE FIGHT FOR BLACK MOBILITY: TRAVELING TO MID-CENTURY CONVENTIONS From the Stage: Isaiah C. Wears On November 6, 1855, Wears participated in a debate with Mary Ann Shadd on the topic \u201cShall the Free Colored People of the United States Emigrate to Canada,\u201d at the Banneker Institute of Philadelphia.  Source: Rhodes, Jane. The Black Press […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":4638,"parent":828,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1910","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nIsaiah C. Wears - The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-Century Conventions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Isaiah C. Wears - The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-Century Conventions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE FIGHT FOR BLACK MOBILITY: TRAVELING TO MID-CENTURY CONVENTIONS From the Stage: Isaiah C. Wears On November 6, 1855, Wears participated in a debate with Mary Ann Shadd on the topic \u201cShall the Free Colored People of the United States Emigrate to Canada,\u201d at the Banneker Institute of Philadelphia.  Source: Rhodes, Jane. The Black Press […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-Century Conventions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-13T18:32:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/banner_exhibits_black-mobility.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"10 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/delegate-lecture-circuits\\\/isaiah-c-wears\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/delegate-lecture-circuits\\\/isaiah-c-wears\\\/\",\"name\":\"Isaiah C. Wears - The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-Century Conventions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/delegate-lecture-circuits\\\/isaiah-c-wears\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/delegate-lecture-circuits\\\/isaiah-c-wears\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/banner_exhibits_black-mobility.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-29T00:43:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-13T18:32:25+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/delegate-lecture-circuits\\\/isaiah-c-wears\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/delegate-lecture-circuits\\\/isaiah-c-wears\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/delegate-lecture-circuits\\\/isaiah-c-wears\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/banner_exhibits_black-mobility.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/banner_exhibits_black-mobility.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/delegate-lecture-circuits\\\/isaiah-c-wears\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Delegate Lecture Circuits\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/delegate-lecture-circuits\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Isaiah C. Wears\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-Century Conventions\",\"description\":\"An exhibit in the collection of the Colored Conventions Project\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\\\/black-mobility\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Isaiah C. Wears - The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-Century Conventions","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Isaiah C. Wears - The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-Century Conventions","og_description":"THE FIGHT FOR BLACK MOBILITY: TRAVELING TO MID-CENTURY CONVENTIONS From the Stage: Isaiah C. Wears On November 6, 1855, Wears participated in a debate with Mary Ann Shadd on the topic \u201cShall the Free Colored People of the United States Emigrate to Canada,\u201d at the Banneker Institute of Philadelphia.  Source: Rhodes, Jane. The Black Press […]","og_url":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/","og_site_name":"The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-Century Conventions","article_modified_time":"2025-04-13T18:32:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/banner_exhibits_black-mobility.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"10 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/","url":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/","name":"Isaiah C. Wears - The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-Century Conventions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/banner_exhibits_black-mobility.png","datePublished":"2018-04-29T00:43:05+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-13T18:32:25+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/banner_exhibits_black-mobility.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/banner_exhibits_black-mobility.png","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/isaiah-c-wears\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Delegate Lecture Circuits","item":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/delegate-lecture-circuits\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Isaiah C. Wears"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/#website","url":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/","name":"The Fight for Black Mobility: Traveling to Mid-Century Conventions","description":"An exhibit in the collection of the Colored Conventions Project","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PccWA6-uO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1910"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4582,"href":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1910\/revisions\/4582"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/black-mobility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}