Historical Newspaper: Editor's Note - Ex-Congressman Alonzo B. Ransier
Subject
Alonzo J. Ransier
Title
Historical Newspaper: Editor's Note - Ex-Congressman Alonzo B. Ransier
Date
04/23/1881
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 2nd column, 4th paragraph from the bottom.
Chronicling America features an 1881 Northern Tribune newspaper article, author unknown, that provides an account of Alonzo Ransier - a former African American South Carolina Congressman and South Carolina's first Black Lieutenant Governor - and his position as a "common laborer on the streets of Charleston" after a career as a Republican politician turned Democrat.
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Chronicling America features an 1881 Northern Tribune newspaper article, author unknown, that provides an account of Alonzo Ransier - a former African American South Carolina Congressman and South Carolina's first Black Lieutenant Governor - and his position as a "common laborer on the streets of Charleston" after a career as a Republican politician turned Democrat.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (Northern Tribune, MI)
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Citation
“Historical Newspaper: Editor's Note - Ex-Congressman Alonzo B. Ransier,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 14, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/986.