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Robert B. Elliott
A British born Black man who moved to South Carolina, became an attorney, co-created a Black law firm and was elected U.S. Congressman (R-SC) during Reconstruction.
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Biography
Biography: Elliott, Robert Brown
History, Art & Archives provides a comprehensive biography of Robert Brown Elliott, a British Black man who moved to South Carolina and later…
Biography
Biography: Elliott, Robert Brown
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress provides a short biography of Robert Brown Elliott, a British Black man who moved to South…
Biography
Biography: Elliott, Robert Brown
South Carolina Encyclopedia features a medium length biography on Robert Brown Elliott, a British Black man who moved to South Carolina and later…
Book
Digital Book: The Glorious Failure: Black Congressman Robert Brown Elliott and the Reconstruction in South Carolina
Note: Some language may be offensive to readers.Internet Archive presents the digital book, "The Glorious Failure: Black Congressman Robert Brown…
Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: Sketches of the Delegates of the Great Ringed Streaked-and-Striped: The Edgefield Delegation
Note: See 6th column, 1st paragraph. Some language may be offensive to readers.Chronicling America features a February 12, 1868 article, writer…
Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: How Senator Patterson Was Elected
Note: See 1st column, 5th paragraph. Chronicling America features a January 4, 1873 article, writer unknown, on Robert Brown Elliott's perspective on…
Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: How Senator Patterson Was Elected
Note: See 1st column, 5th paragraph. Chronicling America features a January 4, 1873 article, writer unknown, on Robert Brown Elliott's perspective on…
Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: A Tribute to Lincoln
Note: See 3rd column, 3rd paragraph. Chronicling America features a February 10, 1893 article, writer unknown, from the Arizona Republican newspaper…
Historical Newspaper
Historical Newspaper: Gloomy Views of Negro Honesty
Note: See last column, 1st paragraph. Some language may be offensive to readers. Chronicling America features a January 14, 1873 article, writer…
Historical Illustration
Historical Illustration: The Shackle Broken - By the Genius of Freedom / Lith. & Print by E. Sachse & Co.
The Library of Congress features various 1874 historical illustrations, by E. Sachse & Co., commemorating Robert Brown Elliot's 1874 speech in…
Historical Illustration
Historical Illustration: Distinguished Colored Men
The Library of Congress provides an 1883 historical illustration, by A. Muller & Co., that depicts portraits of Frederick Douglass, Robert Brown…
Historical Illustration
Historical Illustration: The First Colored Senator and Representatives - In the 41st and 42nd Congress of the United States
The Library of Congress presents a 1872 historical illustration of seven Black legislators from the 41st and 42nd Congresses. Congressmen include:…
Historical Illustration/Print
Historical Illustration/Print: Hon. Robert B. Elliott, Rep. from South Carolina
The New York Public Library offers a printed portrait of Robert Brown Elliott- a British Black man who moved to South Carolina and later became a…
Historical Obituary
Historical Obituary: Editorial Notes
Note: See 6th column, 1st paragraph. Chronicling America features an 1884 obituary, writer unknown, from the Connecticut Morning Journal and Courier…
Article
Article: Three Reconstruction Leaders: Blanche K. Bruce, Robert Brown Elliott, and Holland Thompson
HathiTrust provides an excerpt published in the 1988 edited book, Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century, titled "Three Reconstruction Leaders:…
Historical Pamphlet
Historical Pamphlet: The "Quarterly" Almanac
Note: See slide 18, p. 18 and slide 24, p. 24. The Library of Congress features an 1893 pamphlet, "The 'Quarterly' Almanac," which includes several…
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