God save the Union!

God_Save_Union 1863 AIHA
God save the Union!

Again from the Albany Institute of History and Art collection, evidence of our city’s attempted redemption from its history of slavery. On January 5, 1863, a mass convention was held in celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation. Frederick Douglass, a frequent visitor to Albany, would be present.

Could this be the Hamilton Street church that held the convention?

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