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title: 'September 17, 1844 Letter re the Annual Colored Convention'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Theodore Sedgwick Wright'
date: 1865-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'Slavery'
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'Joel 2'
- 'Amos 5'
- 'Micah 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/wright-1865-september-17-1844-letter-re-the-annual-colored-convention
---

# September 17, 1844 Letter re the Annual Colored Convention

Henry Highland Garnet's 1865 memorial discourse urges Black enfranchisement via education, land ownership, migration from cities, trades and moral civic organization, appealing to God's justice.

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