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title: 'Call for a Colored National Convention'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Amos Noë Freeman'
- 'James William Charles Pennington'
date: 1853-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
- 'Politics'
- 'Social Issues'
scriptures:
- 'Galatians 3'
- 'Micah 6'
- 'Isaiah 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/freeman-pennington-1853-call-for-a-colored-national-convention
---

# Call for a Colored National Convention

Proceedings and address of the 1853 Colored National Convention in Rochester calling for united action to resist slavery, assert civil rights, improve education, and form a national council.

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