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This Day in Minnesota History

January 1, 1869

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ISBN: 0873514165
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African American Minnesotans hold a grand convention in St. Paul's Ingersoll Hall "to celebrate the Emancipation of 4,000,000 slaves, and to express...gratitude for the bestowal of the elective franchise to the colored people of this State."

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First published: July 1, 2015
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