{"id":6924,"date":"2026-05-01T12:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10.jpg"},"modified":"2026-05-01T13:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:05:23","slug":"new_york_daily_herald_1866_10_04_10","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-j-spellman\/new_york_daily_herald_1866_10_04_10\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Daily Herald, October 4, 1866"},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"class_list":["post-6924","attachment","type-attachment","status-inherit","hentry"],"description":{"rendered":"

\"New<\/a><\/p>\n

CONVENTION OF COLORED MEN.
\nOUR TROY CORRESPONDENCE.<\/p>\n

TROY, Oct. 3, 1866.<\/p>\n

A convention of the colored citizens of this State is to be held at Albany on the 16th of the present month, to deliberate upon the new condition of things, and to urge their rights upon those who, as the call states, “have the power to perfect and confer them in the form of permanent blessings.”<\/p>\n

The call that has been issued for this convention is duly authenticated by all the forms that mark similar documents from the chairmen of the several partisan State committees when about to convene their representative adherents in State or national convention.<\/p>\n

Mr. William Rich, of this city, as chairman of the State Committee, authorizes the assembling of the Convention in the following call, which, after setting forth the reasons for calling the negroes together, concludes thus:-<\/p>\n

We, therefore, by authority vested in us by William Rich, Esq., chairman of the State Central Committee, hereby recommend the people to assemble by delegates in State convention, in Albany, at twelve o’clock noon, on Tuesday, the 16th day of October, 1866.<\/p>\n

Wm. Howard Day, James W. Duffin, Charles B. Ray, Edward V. Clark, George Smith, James J. Spelman<\/a> and John J. Zuille, Committee of mass meeting, New York city; William Rich, Troy; William H. Johnson, Albany; John Peterson, William Spelman, William H. Decker, Jacob Day, Sr., J. H. Townsend, William F. Randall, New York city; P. W. Ray, N. R. Ashby, J. Morris Williams, Brooklyn, E. D.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The Convention will appoint a new State Central Committee, to be “composed of representative men (colored), who shall act for the people during the ensuing year, a year likely to be a most important one in the history of the colored people in this State.”<\/p>\n

In reference to the pending canvass, it is proposed to ask politicians of all parties if their votes are at all worthy of consideration. It will also be held that colored men must sit on juries, and have equal rights in the public schools.<\/p>\n

It is proposed to hold a short and sharp business convention of two days, the call stating that the “negro conventions generally are too discussive.”<\/p>\n

FREDERICK DOUGLASS<\/p>\n

has promised to be present, and after participating in the proceedings will address the Convention on the political issues of the day.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

New York Daily Herald, October 4, 1866<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"New York Daily Herald, October 4, 1866","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":904,"height":2362,"file":"2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10.jpg","filesize":408307,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-115x300.jpg","width":115,"height":300,"filesize":13677,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-115x300.jpg"},"large":{"file":"New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-392x1024.jpg","width":392,"height":1024,"filesize":113794,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-392x1024.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":9072,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-150x150.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-768x2007.jpg","width":768,"height":2007,"filesize":296606,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-768x2007.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"file":"New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-588x1536.jpg","width":588,"height":1536,"filesize":204303,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-588x1536.jpg"},"2048x2048":{"file":"New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-784x2048.jpg","width":784,"height":2048,"filesize":305506,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-784x2048.jpg"},"twentyseventeen-featured-image":{"file":"New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-904x1200.jpg","width":904,"height":1200,"filesize":209643,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-904x1200.jpg"},"twentyseventeen-thumbnail-avatar":{"file":"New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-100x100.jpg","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":4164,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10-100x100.jpg"},"full":{"file":"New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10.jpg","width":904,"height":2362,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":546,"source_url":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10.jpg","filename":"New_York_Daily_Herald_1866_10_04_10.jpg","filesize":408307,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6924"}],"wp:attached-to":[{"embeddable":true,"post_type":"page","id":546,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}