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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and the Colored Conventions Movement<\/h3>\n

The Convention of Colored People Held in Dover, Delaware, 1873<\/h1>\n

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The last known convention where Harper spoke was the Convention of Colored People in Dover, Delaware in 1873. Pertaining to themes of education, suffrage, and racial uplift, the proceedings record Harper as \u201cbeing present was invited to address the Convention. She spoke in eloquent terms of the efforts of the colored people, and hoped they would not cease until equal rights were in fact within the reach of all.\u201d Following the adoption of the address, \u201cthe convention was entertained by Mrs. F.E.W Harper , in reading her excellent poem entitled \u2018Sketches of Southern Life.\u2019\u201d While the proceedings record a substantial amount of information, we can find even more highlights of Harper\u2019s speech through various newspaper covering the convention.<\/p>\n

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Delaware State Journal, Jan. 9, 1873. Delaware Historical Society.<\/p><\/div>\n

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“She urged education on the ground that knowledge is power, and cautioned the young men to preserve their characters unblemished.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The <\/span>Delaware State<\/span><\/i> Journal<\/span><\/i> situates Harper\u2019s speech in relation to social and political climate during that time. The article identifies Harper as \u201cthe eloquent colored lecturess.\u201d Harper\u2019s speech tackles the question \u201cas to the best age in which to live.\u201d Harper responded to this question by stating \u201cshe preferred to live in this age, when the chimes are ringing out the freedom of her race. Their work was not yet completed. Other races than the colored had been low, socially, but she thought it probable that her race would yet produce poets, authors and statesmen. She urged education on the ground that knowledge is power, and cautioned the young men to preserve their characters unblemished.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.), 10 Jan. 1873. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.<\/p><\/div>\n

The <\/span>Wilmington Daily Commercial <\/span><\/i>also covered the 1873 Convention speech, emphasizing how Harper \u201cexplained the necessity of education, and appealed to her people to arouse themselves to meet this important issue, to be earnest, to be firm and untiring in their efforts, until the good is reached by all.\u201d Harper\u2019s speech at the 1873 speech uplifted Convention attendees through her encouraging words to present and future generations despite the ongoing fight for civil rights. While this may have been Harper\u2019s last-known speech at a Colored Convention, Harper continued to give lectures and fight for civil rights and women\u2019s rights across the United States until her death in 1911. <\/span><\/p>\n

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