Minutes of the Freedmen's Convention, held in the city of Raleigh, on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th of October, 1866

Convention held in Raleigh by the Freedmen of North Carolina, including 111 delegates representing 82 counties. Participants touch on a variety of subjects which include the moral, religious and educational improvement of their race, the right to equal representation, the right to vote and that their organizations should be recognized by the government of North Carolina. They also enter into the record letters of support from government officials, some of whom attended the convention. Minutes include testimony as to the state of race relations in various parts of the state. Also includes the constitutions and bylaws for the State Equal Rights League, the Freedmen's Educational Association of North Carolina and the Educational Association of auxiliary to the Educational Association of North Carolina. Included from the inside back cover is a form to be used by local groups that join and form local Equal Rights Leagues.