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The United States Congress publishes documents about South Carolina, including speeches by South Carolinians and memorials.

Civil rights. : Speech of Hon. Alonzo J. Ransier, of South Carolina, in the House of Representatives, February 7, 1874.
(South Carolina State Library, 1874) Ransier, Alonzo Jacob 1836-1882
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 harmony and praising the black soldiers who fought for the Union in the Civil War.
Statue of Hon. John C. Calhoun erected in Statuary Hall of the Capitol at Washington ; proceedings in Statuary Hall and in the Senate and the House of Representatives on the occasion of the unveiling, reception, and acceptance of the statue from the State of South Carolina / compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on printing
(South Carolina State Library, 1910-03-12) United States. Congress (61st, 2nd session : 1909-1910)
This publication is the proceedings of the unveiling ceremony for the statue of John C. Calhoun in the Statuary Hall in Washington D.C.