The Colored National Convention was held at
The Colored National Convention was held at Nashville, Tennessee, April 5-7, 1876. Nashville. Since the 1830s African American met to mobilize for greater freedom and economic growth. Emigration from US racism was a perennial issue addressed, with Canada, Haiti, or Liberia as potential new homelands. In 1876, the resurging white supremacy in the South, posed an existential threat to African Americans well being
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