Prosperity and Politics: Taking Stock of Black Wealth and the 1843 Convention

Biographies

Explore narratives connected to the 1843 National Colored Convention. From fund raisers and traveling singing troupes to data collectors and stringent savers, these stories highlight the people, places, and cultural traditions of the Colored Conventions movement.

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image of wood engraving from 1863 — An image of an 1863 draft riot in Brooklyn, New York, which led to the decimation of the Colored Orphan Asylum for which Elizabeth Gloucester served as “directress” and fund-raiser. The image of the wood engraving was originally published in *Harper’s Weekly*, August 1863. (*Harper’s Weekly*, v. 7, no. 344 (1863 August 1), p. 493.).

Black and white photograph of the interior of a pharmacy — **Dr. Charles Fraser and Dr. Sarah Loguen-Fraser’s pharmacy in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Image source: Goins Collection, Howard University.**

black and white photograph of the exterior of the Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls (1833) — **Image of the exterior of Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls (1833) formerly known as the Elisha Payne House. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.**

black and white photograph of the interior of the Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls (1833) — **Image of the interior of the Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls (1833) formerly known as the Elisha Payne House. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.**

black and white photograph of the interior of the Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls, the parlor. — **Image of the parlor mantel in the interior of the Prudence Crandall School for Negro Girls (1833) formerly known as the Elisha Payne House. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.**

print of a portrait of Henry Highland Garnet, from 1881 — **Stead, James U. “Henry Highland Garnet.” 1881. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, London. National Portrait Gallery Digital Collection.**

portrait of Rev. Charles B. Ray — **Portrait of Rev. Charles B. Ray of New York City. Ray was an active agent of the Underground Railroad, editor of The Colored American, and a well-known pastor and small business owner.**

Black and white portrait of Dr. Sarah Loguen-Fraser — **A portrait of Dr. Sarah Loguen-Fraser. Source: Wikimedia**

Prosperity and Politics: Taking Stock of Black Wealth and the 1843 Convention

An exhibit in the collection of the Colored Conventions Project

CITATION: Patterson, Sarah. “Prosperity and Politics: Taking Stock of Black Wealth and the 1843 Convention.” Colored Conventions Project. 2014. https://coloredconventions.org/black-wealth.

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