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

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Curator: Sarah Patterson, Ph.D. candidate in English and Co-Coordinator, the Colored Conventions Project.

Undergraduate Researchers: Nathan Nikolic, Gwen Meredith, Caleb Trotter, Gerti Wilson, and Ariana Woodson.

Additional contributions: Exhibit Migration 2025-2026 by Christiana Dillard, University of Pennsylvania; Eunice Toh, Penn State University; and Lauren Cooper, Penn State University.

Special thanks to Gale, a Cengage Company, and Accessible Archives Inc.® for granting permission for the use of the materials from 19th Century U.S. Newspaper and African American Newspapers.

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

Previous Citation: Patterson, Sarah. “Black Wealth and the 1843 National Colored Convention.” Omeka RSS. https://coloredconventions.org/exhibits/show/exhibit-1843.

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

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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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