When was it published?

February 2, 1866 in The Evening Argus

Domestic News February 2, 1866

The Evening Argus

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Augusta Convention, Colored People, Universal Suffrage, Freedmen Resolutions, Freedmens Bureau, Southern Property

Rock Island, Rock Island County County, Illinois

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What is this article about?

At a recent convention of colored people in Augusta, Ga., resolutions opposed universal suffrage but supported voting rights for literate colored men with qualifications; urged discountenancing vices and crimes among freedmen; called for the Freedmen's Bureau to compel work and contracts; opposed southern property confiscation and the idea of southern states as territories.

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At the late convention of colored people held at Augusta, Ga., resolutions were adopted opposing universal suffrage, but favoring the voting of such colored men as can read and write well, with the addition of the proper qualifications; that all vices and crimes among freedmen should be discountenanced; that the freedmen's bureau should compel negroes to work, and make contracts, if they refused to do so voluntarily; that southern property should not be confiscated, and condemning the proposition that the southern states are practically territories.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics

What keywords are associated?

Augusta Convention Colored People Universal Suffrage Freedmen Resolutions Freedmens Bureau Southern Property

Where did it happen?

Augusta, Ga.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Augusta, Ga.

Event Date

Late

Outcome

resolutions adopted

Event Details

At the late convention of colored people held at Augusta, Ga., resolutions were adopted opposing universal suffrage, but favoring the voting of such colored men as can read and write well, with the addition of the proper qualifications; that all vices and crimes among freedmen should be discountenanced; that the freedmen's bureau should compel negroes to work, and make contracts, if they refused to do so voluntarily; that southern property should not be confiscated, and condemning the proposition that the southern states are practically territories.