Historical Newspaper: The New State Government [Samuel Lee]
Subject
Samuel Lee
Title
Historical Newspaper: The New State Government [Samuel Lee]
Date
05/13/1868
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 7th column, 1st paragraph.
Chronicling America provides a May 13, 1868 article, writer unknown, from The Edgefield Advertiser, that announced the ratification of the Constitution adopted by the Reconstruction Convention of South Carolina. The article mentions the names of men elected to both state and federal offices and seats in the legislature. Samuel Jones Lee - a formerly enslaved man turned attorney and South Carolina politician (R - SC) - is listed as an elected member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Edgefield County.
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Chronicling America provides a May 13, 1868 article, writer unknown, from The Edgefield Advertiser, that announced the ratification of the Constitution adopted by the Reconstruction Convention of South Carolina. The article mentions the names of men elected to both state and federal offices and seats in the legislature. Samuel Jones Lee - a formerly enslaved man turned attorney and South Carolina politician (R - SC) - is listed as an elected member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Edgefield County.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (The Edgefield Advertiser, SC)
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“Historical Newspaper: The New State Government [Samuel Lee],” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 11, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/784.