<I>Civil Rights Speech of Hon. Alonzo J. Ransier, of South Carolina, in The House of Representatives, February 7, 1874</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1874
name: label: Subject of
content: Alonzo Jacob Ransier, American, 1834 - 1882
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content: United States Government Publishing Office, American, founded 1860
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content: Rep. Alonzo J. Ransier (1834–1882) was one of six African Americans elected to the U.S. Congress from South
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content: Carolina during Reconstruction. He also served as the state’s first black lieutenant governor. In February 1874 he
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content: delivered this speech in the U.S. House of Representatives in support of the Civil Rights Act, which was first
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content: introduced by Sen. Charles Sumner in 1870 and was ultimately passed by Congress as the Civil Rights Act of
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content: 1875.
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content: A fourteen-page pamphlet of a speech by Representative Hon. Alonzo J. Ransier, of South Carolina. It is a narrow rectangular bound pamphlet of off-white paper with black printed text. The cover text reads [Civil Rights. / SPEECH / of/ HON. ALONZO J. RANSIER, / of / South Carolina, / in / The House of Representatives, / February 7, 1874 / WASHINGTON: / Government Printing Office. / 1874]. In the upper right quadrant is a small rectangle in blue ink with the number "3" handwritten in it. Inside the front cover is handwriting in the upper left corner of the page that reads [1. Negro – Legal Status – U.S. / AH]. The text of the speech starts on the page immediately opposite. The back cover is blank except for a small stamp in black ink near the bottom margin that reads [MAR 1947].
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content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place printed
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
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content: Civil Rights
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content: Government
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content: Politics
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content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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content: Books and Published Materials
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content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.58.1
objectType: label: Type
content: pamphlets
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 5/16 × 4 3/4 × 1/16 in. (18.6 × 12.1 × 0.2 cm)