Article: The Negro in Politics
Subject
Samuel Lee
Title
Article: The Negro in Politics
Date
1920
Type
Article
Description
Note: See book p. 424, slide #444.
HathiTrust features an article, by Norman P. Andrews, in the October 1920 edition of The Journal of Negro History titled, "The Negro in Politics," which includes a reference to Samuel Jones Lee- former enslaved man turned lawyer and the first Black Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Norman wrote that Lee "was considered by his white contemporaries as one of the best criminal lawyers which the State had produced," and that, upon his death, "all local courts were declared adjourned and the entire city paid him homage."
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HathiTrust features an article, by Norman P. Andrews, in the October 1920 edition of The Journal of Negro History titled, "The Negro in Politics," which includes a reference to Samuel Jones Lee- former enslaved man turned lawyer and the first Black Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Norman wrote that Lee "was considered by his white contemporaries as one of the best criminal lawyers which the State had produced," and that, upon his death, "all local courts were declared adjourned and the entire city paid him homage."
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HathiTrust (Contributor: University of Michigan
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“Article: The Negro in Politics,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 18, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/780.