Biography: Samuel J. Lee
Subject
Samuel Lee
Title
Biography: Samuel J. Lee
Date
1994
Type
Biography
Description
Note: See book page 78, slide #92.
The South Carolina State Department of Education provides a short biography of Samuel Jones Lee - a formerly enslaved man turned attorney and first Black Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives (R - SC). The biography appears in a 1994 textbook entitled, African Americans and the Palmetto State. Themes include: his upbringing in Abbeville, military service in the Confederate Army, his career in law, his position as the Speaker of the House of Representatives (R - SC), his role in the admittance of Black students to the University of South Carolina, and his appointment as general in the National Guard in Charleston, South Carolina.
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The South Carolina State Department of Education provides a short biography of Samuel Jones Lee - a formerly enslaved man turned attorney and first Black Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives (R - SC). The biography appears in a 1994 textbook entitled, African Americans and the Palmetto State. Themes include: his upbringing in Abbeville, military service in the Confederate Army, his career in law, his position as the Speaker of the House of Representatives (R - SC), his role in the admittance of Black students to the University of South Carolina, and his appointment as general in the National Guard in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Publisher
South Carolina State Department of Education
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“Biography: Samuel J. Lee,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 18, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/777.