Historical Speech: Richard H. Cain Responding to Arguments Against the Civil Rights Bill of 1875

Richard H. Cain

Historical Speech: Richard H. Cain Responding to Arguments Against the Civil Rights Bill of 1875

01/10/1874

Historical Speech

New York University School of Law provides a transcribed 1874 speech from Richard H. Cain - a free born Black man from Virginia who became a pastor, entrepreneur and Congressman (R-SC) - that was delivered before the United States House of Representatives. According to the source, Cain's speech was a response to arguments made against the the Civil Rights Bill that alleged that the bill would promote racial conflict between the races for granting social rights to African Americans.

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