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To Stay or To Go?: The 1854 National Emigration Convention

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Curators: Ashley Durrance, Hannah Harkins, Nicholas Palombo, Leslie Rewis, Melanie Berry, Christy Hutcheson, Eli Jones, and Morgan Shaffer. Taught by Benjamin Fagan, Auburn University, Fall 2016.

Edited by Samantha Q. de Vera, Simone Austin, and Sarah Patterson.

Additional contributions: Exhibit Migration 2025-2026 by Christiana Dillard, University of Pennsylvania; Brandi Locke, 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: The 19th Century.

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Citation: Durrance, Ashley, Hannah Harkins, Nicholas Palombo, Leslie Rewis, Melanie Berry, Christy Hutcheson, Eli Jones, and Morgan Shaffer. “To Stay or to Go?: The National Emigration Convention of 1854.” Colored Conventions Project. 2016. https://coloredconventions.org/emigration-debate.

Previous Citation: Durrance, Ashley, Hannah Harkins, Nicholas Palombo, Leslie Rewis, Melanie Berry, Christy Hutcheson, Eli Jones, and Morgan Shaffer. “To Stay or to Go?: The National Emigration Convention of 1854.” 2016. https://coloredconventions.org/exhibits/show/conventions-black-press.

To Stay or To Go?: The 1854 National Emigration Convention

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CITATION: Durrance, Ashley, Hannah Harkins, Nicholas Palombo, Leslie Rewis, Melanie Berry, Christy Hutcheson, Eli Jones, and Morgan Shaffer. “To Stay or to Go?: The National Emigration Convention of 1854.” Colored Conventions Project. 2016. https://coloredconventions.org/emigration-debate.

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