The Colored Conventions Project is lead by Kate Masur, Professor of History at Northwestern University. The project seeks to gather information about Black organizing in pre-Civil War Illinois, a lesser known part of Illinois history. Here you will find a rich source of historical information about Black Illinois ancestors in the antebellum period, including a list of delegates to the Convention of the Colored Citizens of the State of Illinois, held in Chicago, and their family members.
Click HERE to read more about the project, in a feature published in the Chicago Tribune!
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