EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW: CALIFORNIA BLACK CONVENTION ACTIVISM, 1855-65
Delegates
The maps below depict where delegates traveled from over the years. Click here for a list of delegates at all three conventions.
1855 Sacramento Convention: Officers
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President: William H. Yates
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Vice Presidents: Joseph Smallwood Dennis Carter Albert Vaniel Fielding Smithea |
Secretaries: J. B. Sanderson John H. Morris Frederick G. Barbadoes |
1855 Sacramento Convention: Delegates
Clicking on each point reveals the names of delegates who traveled from that location. Counties with higher numbers of delegates are indicated by points with darker shades.
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1856 Sacramento Convention: Officers
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1856 Sacramento Convention: Delegates
Like the 1855 map above, the following map serves the same purpose. San Francisco continued to be the city where most delegates came from. The 1856 convention had more delegates, and, as the map shows, these delegates were more spread out throughout Northern California. (* = attended 1855 Sacramento Colored Convention)
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1857 San Francisco Convention
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1865 Sacramento Convention: Officers
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President: Frederick G. Barbadoes (also secretary at the 1855 convention and vice president at the 1856 convention) |
Vice Presidents: W. H. Harper Basil Campbell
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Secretaries: Phillip A. Bell W. H. Christopher (Ass’t Secretary)
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Treasurer Jacob Madden
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Chaplain Rev. P. Kellingworth |
1865 Sacramento Convention: Delegates
The 1865 Sacramento Colored Convention had fewer delegates than the previous Sacramento conventions. Nevertheless, the delegates were more spread out than the delegates at the 1855 convention. San Francisco continued to send more delegates than any other county. (* = attended 1855 Sacramento; ** = attended 1856 Sacramento)
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Credits
Maps rendered by Samantha de Vera.