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Address of the Colored State Convention to the People of the State of South Carolina
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A House Divided transcription identifying the address's November 24, 1865 date and original proceedings provenance.
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Delegates to South Carolina's 1865 Colored People's Convention demanded equal suffrage for Black men on the same terms as white men.
- supports · address in original proceedings, pp. 23–26
The delegates protested taxation without representation and denial of a voice in choosing the state's rulers.
- supports · address in original proceedings, pp. 23–26