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Freedmen’s Convention

 
 
Freedmen’s Convention Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, February 8, 2013
1. Freedmen’s Convention Marker
Inscription. Delegates resolved to seek equal rights for state’s freed blacks. Met, Sept. 29 – Oct. 3, 1865, one block north.
 
Erected 2004 by North Carolina Department of Archives and History. (Marker Number H-109.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African AmericansCivil Rights. In addition, it is included in the North Carolina Division of Archives and History series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1813.
 
Location. 35° 46.843′ N, 78° 38.725′ W. Marker is in Raleigh, North Carolina, in Wake County. It is in Downtown. Marker is at the intersection of Hillsborough Street, on the right when traveling west on Hillsborough Street. The marker is located on Hillsborough Street, between N Harrington Street and N West Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 15 N Harrington St, Raleigh NC 27603, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Dodd-Hinsdale House (within shouting distance of this marker); L. O’B. Branch (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Carolina Power & Light Car Barn & Automobile Garage (about 700 feet away); North Carolina Medical Board (about 800 feet away); Melville B. Cox (about 800 feet away);
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Raleigh Electric Company (approx. 0.2 miles away); “Elmwood” (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bloomsbury or Wake Court House (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Raleigh.
 
Freedmen’s Convention Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, February 8, 2013
2. Freedmen’s Convention Marker
Marker on Hillsborough Street image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Bill Coughlin, February 8, 2013
3. Marker on Hillsborough Street
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 452 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 9, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.

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