{"id":2711,"date":"2019-05-03T21:37:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T21:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/first\/is-1830-first-convention-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-02-24T19:27:42","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T00:27:42","slug":"the-constitution","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldsite.coloredconventions.org\/first-convention\/is-1830-first-convention\/the-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"The Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Constitution<\/h1>\n

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\"Rules

The rules and regulations of the previous convention are adapted for use at the 1834 Convention held at Asbury Church, NY.<\/p><\/div>\n

The 1830 convention minutes feature a \u201cConstitution,\u201d ostensibly to direct future conventions. Spanning pages five through eight out of the eleven total pages of the convention\u2019s minutes, this constitution serves as the centerpiece. In fact, this convention\u2019s title begins by labeling itself a \u201cConstitution.\u201d The rules found within its ten articles, however, do not appear to have been followed in subsequent conventions. The first article states, \u201cThis society shall be called “The American Society of Free Persons of Colour,\u201d and, as demonstrated in the previous page, this title was not retained. The second article stipulates, \u201cThe society shall meet quarterly in the city of Philadelphia on the first Monday in October, January, April, and July.\u201d This rule also was not followed. The 1831 national convention, on the other hand, explicitly labels itself an \u201cannual\u201d convention, and the next four conventions held in 1832 to 1835 follow that annual model. In addition, future conventions routinely referred to the \u201crules and regulations\u201d of prior conventions, but the 1830 convention appears to have been left out of this network.<\/p>\n

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\"1830

The first page of the constitution found within the 1830 minutes.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Rules<\/a>

Rules of the 1833 Colored Convention from the Minutes of the 1833 Colored Convention<\/p><\/div>\n

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