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Civil rights. : Speech of Hon. Alonzo J. Ransier, of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives, February 7, 1874.

Ransier, Alonzo Jacob 1836-1882 (South Carolina State Library, 1874)

On February 7, 1874 Representative Alonzo Ransier delivered a speech, which was later published and distributed, asserting that African Americans’ resistance to punishing ex-Confederates demonstrated a desire for racial ...