Historical Newspaper: Speaking Out [Alonzo Ransier]
Subject
Alonzo Jacob Ransier
Title
Historical Newspaper: Speaking Out [Alonzo Ransier]
Date
03/19/1874
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 6th column, 3rd paragraph.
Chronicling America features an 1874 Anderson Intelligencer newspaper article, writer unknown, that provides an account of comments made by Alonzo Ransier- an African American Congressman (R - SC) and South Carolina's first Lieutenant Governor - about the political state of affairs in South Carolina. According to the short article, Ransier discussed corruption in both the Republican and Democratic parties, the need for accountability and the recognition of universal rights.
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Chronicling America features an 1874 Anderson Intelligencer newspaper article, writer unknown, that provides an account of comments made by Alonzo Ransier- an African American Congressman (R - SC) and South Carolina's first Lieutenant Governor - about the political state of affairs in South Carolina. According to the short article, Ransier discussed corruption in both the Republican and Democratic parties, the need for accountability and the recognition of universal rights.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling (The Anderson Intelligencer, SC)
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“Historical Newspaper: Speaking Out [Alonzo Ransier],” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 3, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/946.