magnificent temple of nature" [the grove]. Based on the Convention proceedings, published in the New-York Tribune, Frederick Douglass's North Star, the Madison County Whig, and elsewhere, attending the convention were: Black attendees Frederick Douglass, formerly an escaped slave, memoirist, elected president of the convention The Edmonson sisters, Mary and Emily, 15 and 17, formerly escaped slaves aboard The Pearl, who sang "I hear the voice of Lovejoy on Alton's bloody plain" at the opening. Samuel Ringgold Ward (1817–c. 1864), escaped slavery with his parents when a small child. A preacher and activist. Rev. Jermain W. Loguen, escaped slave, bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Church, ran underground railroad depot. Charles Bennett Ray, born free, publisher of The Colored American (New York City). James Baker was on the Business Committee of the Convention. According to the Proceedings, some thirty fugitive slaves were present, who were requested to sit together, so they could be seen by the delegates. On the second day, some presented narratives of their escapes. White attendees Gerrit Smith, land investor, philanthropist Theodore Dwight Weld, abolitionist organizer Angelina Grimké, Weld's wife; leading abolitionist woman. The presence of her sister Sarah, who lived with the couple, is possible but undocumented. Samuel Joseph May (1797–1871), abolitionist clergyman from Syracuse, co-secretary of the Chaplin Fund Committee. Ezra Greenleaf Weld, ran a successful daguerrotype studio in Cazenovia for many years. Theodore Weld's brother. Theodosia Gilbert, fiancée of William L. Chaplin. Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor, Baptist minister, President, New York Central College. Charles A. Wheaton Francis Jackson (1789–1861), Boston businessman and politician, helped fugitive slaves. President of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. James Caleb Jackson (1811–1895), from nearby Manlius, nutritionist, ran "water cure" establishment at Glen Haven, New York. A friend of Chaplin and colleague of his at the Albany Patriot. John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892), abolitionist poet, editor at that time of The National Era, an anti-slavery newspaper. Charles Augustus Wheaton (1809–1882), merchant, member New York State Vigilance Committee. Joshua Reed Giddings, attorney, one of founders of Republican Party. Charles Durkee, U.S. Representative, one of founders of Republican Party. Edward M. Davis (1811–1887), Pennsylvania abolitionist. Married Lucretia Mott's daughter; served in the Union Army. Charles C. Foote, Vice-Presidential nominee of the Liberty Party in 1852. Joseph C. Hathaway (1810–1873), an influential Quaker farmer and abolitionist, of Waterloo, New York. George W. Julian (1817–1899), antislavery Whig from Indiana, became Radical Republican. Member of Congress 1849–1852 and 1861–1871. William