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The Meeting that Launched a Movement: The First National Convention<\/h3>\n

Should 1830 Be Considered the Inaugural Colored Convention?<\/h1>\n

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Almost all scholars, organizations, and the Colored Conventions Project itself list the 1830 convention held in Philadelphia as the first Colored Convention. Many other scholars and organizations agree on this point; Howard H. Bell in Minutes and Proceedings of the National Negro Convention Movement 1830-1864<\/em>, The Journal of Negro Education<\/em> in “Free Negroes of the North 1830-1835: A Study in National Cooperation, The<\/em> Anglo-African Magazine<\/em> in 1859, reprinted by the Arno press and the New York Times in 1868, and Wikipedia are among them.<\/p>\n

A close examination of the minutes and the delegates that constituted this 1830 convention, however, raises questions about how this meeting actually relates to the rest of the movement. This section will explore the three important differences between the 1830 convention and the other national conventions held in Philadelphia from 1831-1835.<\/p>\n

Difference 1:\u00a0The title<\/em><\/p>\n

Difference 2:\u00a0The constitution<\/em><\/p>\n

Difference 3:\u00a0The attendance<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

References<\/h3>\n

[1] Howard Holman Bell, ed.,\u00a0Minutes of the Proceedings of the National Negro Conventions 1830-1864<\/em>\u00a0(NY: Arno Press, 1969), i.<\/p>\n

[2] Howard Holman Bell. \u201cFree Negroes of the North 1830-1835: A Study in National Cooperation.\u201d The Journal of Negro Education<\/em>\u00a026 (4). Journal of Negro Education <\/em>(1957): 447\u201355. doi: 10.2307\/2293492.<\/p>\n

[3] Hamilton, T. The Anglo-African Magazine<\/em>. New York: Arno Press and the New York Times, (1968).<\/p>\n

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