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Minutes and proceedings of the second annual Convention, for the Improvement of the Free People of Color in these United States : held by adjournments in the city of Philadelphia, from the 4th to the 13th of June inclusive, 1832, [Front cover]

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Minutes and proceedings of the second annual Convention, for the Improvement of the Free People of Color in these United States : held by adjournments in the city of Philadelphia, from the 4th to the 13th of June inclusive, 1832, [Front cover]
Names
Convention for the Improvement of the Free People of Colour (Creator)
Sipkins, Henry (Creator)
Benj. Paschal, Thos. Butler, and Jas. C. Matthews, Publishing Com (Publisher)
Martin & Boden (Printer)
Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995 (Curator)
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Minutes and proceedings of the second annual Convention, for the Improvement of the Free People of Color in these United States: held by adjournments in the city of Philadelphia, from the 4th to the 13th of June inclusive, 1832

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1832
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: Published by order of the Convention
Place: Philadelphia
Publisher: Martin & Boden, printers
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 323.4-C (Convention for the Improvement of the Free People of Color. Minutes and proceedings. 1832)
Topics
African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964
Enslaved persons -- emancipation -- United States
African Americans
African Americans -- Education -- Connecticut -- New Haven (Conn.)
African Americans -- Canada
Antislavery movements -- United States
Congresses and conventions -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia (Pa.)
African Americans -- Education
Antislavery movements
Congresses and conventions
Emigration and immigration
Canada -- Emigration and immigration
Canada
Connecticut -- New Haven (Conn.)
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
United States
Congresses
Genres
Conference papers and proceedings
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22863810
Photo Order: 67258
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aea506f0-e8c1-013d-1543-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
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  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Minutes and proceedings of the second annual Convention, for the Improvement of the Free People of Color in these United States " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1832. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aed45280-e8c1-013d-0ba1-0242ac110002

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Minutes and proceedings of the second annual Convention, for the Improvement of the Free People of Color in these United States " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 16, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aed45280-e8c1-013d-0ba1-0242ac110002

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1832). Minutes and proceedings of the second annual Convention, for the Improvement of the Free People of Color in these United States Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aed45280-e8c1-013d-0ba1-0242ac110002

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Minutes and proceedings of the second annual Convention, for the Improvement of the Free People of Color in these United States